BEC regarded teachers as cheap labour - Report

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Lack of regulations for the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) contributed to the confusion that led to the examination crisis of 2010, the Committee of Inquiry into the 2010 Examinations has found.

The inquiry was chaired by a former long-standing Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), Keetla Masogo.

A report on the probe says while the establishment of BEC by an Act of Parliament in 2002 had made new roles for teacher unions, MoE and BEC, "grey areas" in the Act made it subject to numerous interpretations, resulting in areas of contention that were difficult to solve.

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