BOSETU accuses exams body

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The Botswana Secondary School Teachers Union (BOSETU) has accused the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) of "negotiating in bad faith" after BEC sent out letters to teachers recruiting them for seasonal jobs as exam markers in the middle of wage negotiations.

But BEC has reacted by saying what BOSETU considered negotiations was only consultation meetings it has been having "with our various stakeholders" and that in any case, BOSETU "cannot claim to represent all teachers as others belong to other trade unions". 

BOSETU has interpreted this to mean that BEC refuses to recognise it as a negotiating partner.

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