BOSETU calls for investment in quality education

Kwenasebele Modukanele and Tobokani Rari. PIC. KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Kwenasebele Modukanele and Tobokani Rari. PIC. KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) has challenged Government to pay for quality education if the country truly aspired for it. However, the unionists were quick to note that the reality on the ground reflected otherwise.

BOSETU made the call on the backdrop of perpetuating resource inadequacy in schools, and that the status quo is such that disinvestment in education is at the fore, hence impossible for quality to be attained.

These sentiments were expressed at a media briefing in Gaborone yesterday where BOSETU announced intentions to amplify priority policy issues bedeviling the education system.

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