Envoy sends students off to China
Friday, August 23, 2019
A total of 52 students have been chosen as beneficiaries of the scholarship
The beneficiaries are expected to leave the country for China starting from August 31, 2019. The Chinese government has been giving out scholarships to Batswana students who aspire to study in China for over four decades.
Chinese ambassador to Botswana, Zhao Yanbo hosted a farewell reception for scholarship beneficiaries for the 2019/20 academic years at the Chinese embassy in Botswana on Wednesday.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...