Indigenous Languages Timing Awkward

The Minister of Basic Education (MoBE), Fidelis Molao told Parliament this week that the cabinet has adopted a Draft Policy on the introduction of mother tongue in schools beginning January 2022.

This announcement puts to rest long standing debates on the subject of the use of mother tongue in schools, which has been championed by opposition's Botswana Congress Party (BCP) for years. The BCP has in the past, argued that the use of local languages in schools will make education more inclusive.