Teachers up in arms over scarce skills snub

While the news about the introduction of skills allowance brought joy to professionals like medical doctors, who are to get as much as 40 percent, it was all gloom among teachers and nurses who have been left out in the cold.

Yesterday, Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) president Japhta Radibe expressed bitterness at the manner the scarce skills issues is being handled. "We reject the manner in which the scarce skills allowance is implemented because it does not take everyone on board," he said.