BCP steadfast on mother-tongue teaching :: Mmegi Online

The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) president Dumelang Saleshando says they are determined to advocate for mother tongue instruction in areas where Setswana is not the main language. Speaking at the party’s congress over the President’s holidays, Saleshando said there is often a communication barrier between teachers and students because instruction is in a language the latter are not adverse in.

Using his personal experiences as an example, Saleshando asserted the importance to using a language a child is familiar with, in teaching.

“Although Crescent English Medium school has better facilities than Rachele Primary School, the move there marked a very difficult period in my schooling days. I could barely understand a word of English and the teachers hardly knew any Setswana word. I hardly learnt anything and school became a total torture and embarrassment.

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