This is the ideal environment that every school needs. But the school environment is far from ideal. Schools are not insulated from trouble. Now and then, schools have to contend with mistakes and limitations that plague and undermine operational...
A limping and half-baked education system can only go as far as preparing graduates to fit into environments where opportunities are guaranteed and function in a familiar, predictable environment. The teaching of the conventional curriculum sadly...
Teaching without provoking learning is a problem in instructional practice in which a determined, serious, and caring teacher totally dominates and owns the process, with little or no input from students.The teacher carries not only the cognitive...
The heavy weight of leadership is felt most in circumstances where academic excellence is an elusive, mobile target. They often say that when times are hard, friends are few.The worst treatment and indignity a person in a position of leadership can...
Habitually, they present themselves as unfortunate and hapless victims of powerful and overwhelming external circumstances. In other words, persistently underachieving schools tend to find reasonable grounds for their predicament and state of...
The system can do better with more faith in the innovative power of the teaching profession. One factor contributing to a school’s academic prosperity is autonomy.Autonomy makes a school to be inward looking when confronted with challenges. When...
Shifting attention away from the classroom constitutes a serious academic suicide. The quest for the right pedagogy is an interminable undertaking. Even highly trained teachers with a proven track record of producing high student learning outcomes...
We have always been a winning nation, even before the advent of diamonds. We proudly remain a nation renowned for resilience and not despondency in the face of challenges. Harnessing our collective wisdom and diverse talents, we can turn existing...
Teachability is more of a function of strategy (effective teaching practices) and depends less on the academic prowess of students. All students, naturally gifted or not, require a little push from behind. The teacher factor in the equation is...
It should not be regarded as an additional burden, eating and encroaching on teaching time and distracting the teacher from the vital cause of classroom teaching and learning. Notwithstanding the value added of data, it seems data has become...
A teacher’s mastery of content and ability to rise to the challenge to deliver content in a scintillating, engaging and thought-provoking fashion should have a profound impact on student learning outcomes. There is, undeniably, a correlation...
It goes without saying that school principals are responsible for the overall health of their institutions in general and in particular presiding over production of excellent student learning outcomes. The success or otherwise of a school rests on...
Emphasis should be placed on pre-service training. This is because there is no guarantee of in-service training and professional support.To ensure the agility of school leaders and, therefore, school success, the system should boldly embark on...
The town-rural divide is glaring. For example, the capital city of Gaborone and Selebi-Phikwe have become islands of academic prosperity surrounded by a sea of academic underachievement. Despite being an old and deep-seated issue, the issue of...
There are concerns from both educators and the community regarding this arrangement. Opinions are divided.It is argued that those students who could not pass the proficiency bar at the most rudimentary primary school education level may not prosper...
The one deficiency that can ruin the students’ prospects of achieving academic prowess is lack of reading culture. A solid reading foundation plays a significant role in the long-term education journey of children. If students do not have reading...
Some quarters might perceive the shift as an additional burden, an ambitious mission that cannot be accomplished in light of the education sector’s history of academic underachievement. Critics are saying that the child welfare agenda would assume...
Some educators may be gripped with a feeling of despondency occasioned by the abolition of CP as an integral part of a school management system. It would appear that the controversial form of discipline has been the most effective and powerful...
An education system worth its salt should cease to emphasise on transmission of content but endeavour to churn out graduates who could flourish both in their personal endeavours and professional lives.Embedded in the 21st-century curriculum should be...
The education sector is one of the actors that should particularly provide leadership in the process of transformation. This is crucial considering that our society emerged from a background where the right to education of children with special...
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