BTU, BOSETU To Drag Gov't To Court
Monday, July 05, 2021
Tobokani Rari PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
This was confirmed by BTU president Gotlamang Oitsile in an interview with The Monitor in Palapye over the weekend, where the union held its conferences for the Tertiary, Secondary, as well as Gender and Human Rights Sectors.
On June 18 this year, BTU in collaboration with BOSETU wrote to the Ministry of Basic Education (MoBE), Ministry of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology as well as the Ministry of Employment Labour, Productivity and Skills Development, demanding that several challenges faced by teachers that are linked to COVID-19 should be dealt with urgently. The aforementioned ministries are considered key stakeholders in education.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...