Colleges of Education to transform into faculty of education

Molao
Molao

SELEBI-PHIKWE: Consultations have started for possible transfer of Colleges of Education to the Faculty of Education of the University, Assistant Minister of Tertiary Education Research and Technology Fidelis Molao has said.

Speaking recently during the just-ended BOSETU elective congress, Molao said this is meant to ensure coherent, efficient, seamless, responsive and relevant teacher education system.  He added that the number of students choosing to enroll for diploma programmes offered by Colleges of Education has gone down significantly.

“This year the total enrolment in all the four colleges is only 874. This is equivalent to just over 80% of the Serowe College of Education capacity alone,” he added.

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