The BDP councillor had requested that MoESD be divided into the Ministry of Basic Education and Ministry of Tertiary Education.Moswaane said the ministry is currently engulfed by a number of problems that could only be solved if it was divided.He added: "The education ministry is too big to be headed by one minister and an assistant minister. "Teachers have also advocated for the ministry to be separated into two ministries," he said Six councillors voted in support of the motion while seven voted against the motion. Tatitown councillor Stanley Masalila of BDP said the motion was the panacea that Batswana had being waiting for to arrest the mess at MoESD.
He said it was difficult for one minister to be tasked with the responsibility of heading a ministry as broad as MoESD.Masalila said separating MoESD would bring quality results that would improve the socio-economic well being of Batswana.Botswana Congress Party (BCP) councillors Albert Mosojane and Robert Mosweu did not support the motion on the grounds that Moswaane should research further.
