Review delays tertiary education sponsorships
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The MoESD is reviewing the tertiary education sponsorship PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
As a result, advertisements asking students to apply for sponsorships for the current academic year have been delayed. Education ministry spokesperson, Silas Sehularo said the review, expected to be complete in two weeks, is in relation to the number and cost of training continuing students, the number and cost of training new students and also the programmes to be sponsored.
Moreover, it is meant to align the recommendations of the Sector Committees at Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) in terms of priority programmes that the market demands. He explained that the exercise is also done for continuous improvement of processes “which is a requirement for every process or system in operation”.
It is also hurting that whilst we all know that the Botswana Police Service (BPS) is charged functionally with the duties to investigate all forms of crime, some locals have resorted to taking the law into their own hands. It is very wrong to do that. There is also a possibility that one may wrongfully take the life of a person in the process, unless it is a justifiable case of self-defence. Recently, in the city of Francistown, some locals found...