Senior education officials retire

Makgothi has been in charge of educational development services since 2004. He has been at the ministry for over 30 years. He started his career in 1976 as a Science teacher at Madiba Secondary School. He became the deputy head of the school in 1980 and headmaster a year later. Makgothi was later transferred to head Gaborone Secondary School for eight years. He was promoted to head planning, statistics and research division in the Ministry of Education.

Makghothi graduated from the University of Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland (UBLS) with a Bachelor of Science degree and Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Management from Edinburgh University. He has attended advanced training programme in educational planning and management in Paris.