Limkokwing offers to sponsor 10 students with disability
Monday, December 13, 2010
The P585, 000 scholarship was presented by Vice President (Corporate and Industry Relations) Mosoma Kgotla to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Augustine Makgonatsotlhe, who was standing in for Assistant Minister Mokgweetsi Masisi.
The institution would be paying tuition and other academic costs while the Botswana government would be expected to cover the living expenses for the students.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...