Marginal decline in school dropouts still a concern �SDC
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
A lessened number of dropouts was recorded from 526 in 2015 to a total of 230 in the year 2016. SDC chairperson, Alec Seametso noted, though grudgingly, during a full council meeting here Monday that the region continues to make strides in strengthening available interventions to curb the situation.
Seametso said quitting is due to pregnancy, ill-health, death and unknown desertion.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....