Less Than 1% of the disabled have tertiary education - TEC :: Mmegi Online

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Council (TEC), Dr Patrick Molutsi, says there is neither equity nor gender balance in higher education because a significant portion of the population is left out, especially the disabled, minority groups and remote area dwellers.

Addressing journalists ahead of the annual tertiary education conference and fair in Gaborone last Friday, Molutsi said this inequity continued inspite of the expansion of tertiary enrolment that Botswana experienced over the years.

He said a recent study conducted by TEC had revealed that less than 0.1 percent of People Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) had undergone tertiary education. Molutsi said tertiary institutions did not even have a system in place to denote PLWDs. "Experts are needed to test and categorise people as disabled," he said.

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Less Than 1% of the disabled have tertiary education - TEC

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Council (TEC), Dr Patrick Molutsi, says there is neither equity nor gender balance in higher education because a significant portion of the population is left out, especially the disabled, minority groups and remote area dwellers.

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