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Haskins Nkaigwa (Gaborone North) Asked the Minister of Education and Skills Development, Unity Dow if there were any plans to reduce the tertiary education funding cut off points from 36 to 30 to accommodate more students funded by Government for tertiary education.

Access to Education and Skills Training at post secondary level target transition into Tertiary (universities and colleges), Technical and Vocational Education and Training (technical colleges and brigades) institutions. These institutions admit and enroll, students for programmes ranging from certificate to degree and postgraduate levels. Government through the Ministry currently provides sponsorship to qualifying students as follows:

1. Subventions to Technical and Vocational Institutions through

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BDP primaries leave a lot to be desired

The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...

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