In a statement made to Parliament on Friday, Education Minister, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, said after she was granted time to consult, 3,644 progressing students and those to be admitted in brigades, technical colleges and other vocational training centres will be sponsored.However, not all repeating students will be offered sponsorship."Repeats will not be covered only in exceptional cases such as final year students with a record of good performance in preceding years, or where the student may have had a case of ill health," Venson-Moitoi explained.
Two weeks ago, Gaborone Central legislator Dumelang Saleshando asked the minister about the status of tertiary education sponsorship for the 2013-2014 placement cycle. At the time, the minister's consultation process to secure funds was at the initial stage."My consultation process to secure funds was too premature for me to give any answers to this House with any degree of certainty, and therefore my apparent hesitation," she told Parliament.
