Masisi vows to clean up education 'mess'
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Dilapidated classrooms and other inadequate infrastructure, shortage of water and staff housing, delays in electrification as well as problems in the delivery of textbooks and learning materials, were among shortcomings discovered by the high-level delegation of cabinet ministers.
President Ian Khama dispatched the ministers to inspect schools in the aftermath of the disappointing nationwide academic results. Although the cabinet delegation still has not made its findings public, Masisi told the Third National Primary School Heads Conference on Tuesday that government is aware of the wide-ranging challenges in schools.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...