The letter Dow did not see

Unity Dow PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Unity Dow PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) and Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) says government’s failure to consult trade unions on the Botswana Examinations Council amendment bill will be a fundamental omission.

In a letter written to minister Unity Dow late last year, which she says she never saw, the teachers’ unions warned that proceeding without consultation could prove counter-productive even to the Ian Khama administration.

In the letter to Dow, dated November 2, 2015 BTU and BOSETU informed her that she had not consulted them as interested parties.

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