Schools close after tumultuous term

The term was memorable for another reason - students in secondary schools closed without writing their mid-year examinations.

Directors of regional operations in the regional education offices that Mmegi spoke to confirmed this. Speaking to Mmegi in a telephone interview yesterday, Galesengwe Mohube, director of regional operations in Kanye, said as far as he knows no schools in his region wrote mid-year exams."Because of the strike, teachers were away for eight weeks, and obviously you can't examine students on material you have not taught them.  There was not enough time to cover all the material," he said.