Hard work pays—BIUST valedictorian

The best overall student Othusitse receiving an award from BVI
The best overall student Othusitse receiving an award from BVI

FRANCISTOWN: The late British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, once said: “I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work.

That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near”.

The quote by the first female British Prime Minister and the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th Century probably inspired the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) valedictorian of the Class of 2022, Lebogang Othusitse. Othusitse, 22, a Bachelor of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology graduate, told Mmegi Tuesday that it was no fluke that she graduated with the highest grades in the entire institution.

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