Lubinda says the system is not productive and cannot apply any skill learnt from school to be able to sustain one’s life if they fail to proceed to tertiary level. He is disheartened by the country’s education system. “Education with production lacks in Botswana. It does not explore the talent that our children possess, instead it is more concentrated on the white-collar jobs which don’t exist anymore,” says the aspirant legislator. He says the school system in Botswana should be autonomous. They should be given authority to have access to their budget, to be able to have access to money for school maintenance. Lubinda says the majority of schools are in a bad state and school heads have to wait until someone from the ministry approves their maintenance.
He is of the view that the current system needs to be changed, adding that for the past 10 years Batswana have seen nothing but the poorest results. The school’s infrastructure is dilapidated and this does not in any way boost students’ moral.
