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BEC, teachers' unions start negotiations

Monday, October 10, 2022 | 510 Views |

There is hope yet for the long-running dispute between the teachers' unions and the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) on the invigilation and grading of coursework to end after the parties started negotiations on Saturday.

Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) and Botswana Sector of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) have been embroiled in an unending impasse with the exams body over the rates and other related conditions of service, concerning coursework, invigilation, and marking for the 2022–23 cycle.

The unions had refused to discuss the rates and other related conditions of service, coursework, invigilation, and marking of external examinations outside a formal structure in the form of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) or Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

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