New Education Minister reveals her plans

Speaking at a press briefing at Fairground Holdings, Gaborone yesterday, she said that her top priorities are sponsorship problems and misbehaviour of students and teachers in schools.

She said the ministry has issued a reminder to all schools after realising that some teachers go beyond the corporal punishment standards set in the Education Act. She said there have been instances where students have stabbed, assaulted, sodomised schoolmates or assaulted teachers. "These are all actions that are not allowed in the school premises nor even at our homes. What is not condoned at home will not be condoned in school," she said. She stated that there is proof of intentional vandalism in schools.