Ramatea Vocation School's future hangs in balance

Tension between the Lutheran Church and government is threatening the future of the Ramatea Vocational School (RAVOS), according to board chairperson Stanley Motse.

This follows government's rejection of proposals on how the school could be taken over. In a letter to the commissioner of labour, Motse stated that the board proposed the school be taken over like other mission schools, compensation be paid to the Lutheran Development Association of Churches of Botswana (LUDABO) and that it be supported like other organisations, such as Banabametsi and Banabaletsatsi, which are not brigades. 

"Taking over the programmes, staff, students and continue to operate in LUDABO premises until the government is ready to relocate or merge RAVOS, preferably with Kanye Brigade Development Trust," Motse wrote yesterday.After government rejected their proposal, LUDABO opted not to hand over the school last Saturday.

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