Minister calls for teacher of monitoring body

PALAPYE: Assistant Minister for the Ministry of Education and Development Skills Lebonaamang Mokalake has called upon teacher organizations and the Teaching Service Management (TSM) to work out strategies for the establishment of a regulatory body that will monitor entry into the profession as a matter of urgency.

Mokalake was speaking at the Botswana National Teachers Day commemorations held in Palapye at Kgaswe International English Medium School yesterday. Mokalake said that as with other professions like law, people who desire to be teachers should be monitored.

He was referring to the growing complaints of misconduct of some teachers such as affairs with students and embezzlement.

Editor's Comment
Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

Have a Story? Send Us a tip
arrow up