D&T teachers down tools
Friday, March 18, 2022 | 30 Views |

BEC Headquters PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Through Botswana Design and Technology Association (BODATA), teachers have written to BEC announcing their immediate withdrawal from engagement in BEC activities. These include coursework invigilation assessment and supervision.
“This communique serves to inform council of the aforementioned decision by the Botswana Design and Technology teachers. The teachers through unions on numerous occasions have tried to engage on harmonious resolutions of grievances we have only to be unsuccessful,” BODATA chairperson, Arone Mosepele wrote.
That is indeed a welcome development, especially looking at the fact that the manual way of doing things is slowly disappearing and competency in the use of computers and other digital gadgets has become a must.The simple way of looking at it is just an example that almost all companies have gone completely digital and school leavers will be better placed after leaving school, because they will already be familiar with the use of computers.The...