'No Jab, No Return To School' :: Mmegi Online

As students prepare to return to schools in two weeks' time, teachers have vowed not to set foot in the classroom before they get their COVID-19 jab. Learning is scheduled to resume on August 17, after almost a month's recess due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. Teachers say they want to get vaccinated before they head back to the classrooms.

Teachers’ unions, Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) and Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) have started a joint campaign aimed at putting pressure on the government to vaccinate teachers before schools reopen. The campaign is called ‘no vaccine for teachers, no return to school’. The unions say they can’t allow teachers to risk their lives when there is no commitment on the part of the government to vaccinate them.

BOSETU president, Winston Radikolo said they want the government to prioritise teachers in the vaccine queue when the next batch of vaccine arrives next week. “We got it that the vaccine will be arriving next week.

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