BOSETU threatens to sue Btv :: Mmegi Online

Botswana Secondary Teachers Union (BOSETU) says it felt humiliated by the one sided stories aired on the national television and radio stations concerning the examinations issue and are contemplating suing Botswana Television (Btv) for denying them a right of reply.

Teachers have been at loggerheads with the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) over the invigilation rates and the negotiation talks have since been abandoned by the parties. Education Minister Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi has been interviewed on the national broadcaster giving her side of the story and assuring the public that the situation is being contained.

However, the teachers on the other side feel that the public is being misled and want to be given a chance to give their side of the story on the national broadcaster. "The minister clearly does not care about the education system. The effects of using people from outside to invigilate and mark would not be felt now but later on just like it happened with the double shift system. All is not well as she is stating. She does not care because her children are not schooled in public schools," BOSETU Executive Secretary Justin Hunyepa said.

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