Over 1,200 teachers to pilot 'emotional intelligence'

Minister Jacob Nkate said yesterday, at the launch of the programme, that the training builds hope in a country be-devilled by social ills such as passion killings, violence, and vandalism at schools and property by students that Botswana is heading for a moral and tolerant society.

He said after observing the decline and an analysis made, they decided that there was a need to leverage the Human Support Services and the programme was conceived. Nkate said the launch could not have come at a better time as there are many challenges of violence among the youth and in the family as well as a high rate of crime.