BOSETU, Govt To Thrash COVID Issues Out

The Minister of Basic Education, Fidelis Molao said they have scheduled to have a meeting with the Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) regarding the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19).

Already BOSETU has called on the Ministry of Education to close schools for at least 14 days for the cases to go down and the spread of the virus to subside.  Schools around the country have been registering positive cases for both teachers and students. The main worry for teachers unions is that in some schools it takes long for contact tracing to be done while other schools keep operating even when high numbers are being registered.

“We have not received any correspondence from BOSETU. But we are having a meeting with them very soon regarding COVID-19 issues.

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