UB to phase out Centre for Continuing Education?

Thirteen lecturers at the University of Botswana (UB) Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) believe that management’s actions to unilaterally transfer academics, demonstrates a ploy to phase out the centre.

This was disclosed in a letter dated July 10, 2014 addressed to the deputy vice chancellor (Academic Affairs) Professor Otlogetswe Totolo, written by William Sentshebeng, the organising secretary of University of Botswana Academic and Senior Support Staff Union (UBASSSU).

Sentshebeng said over the past three years, UB management has displayed the inclination to undermine the capacity of the CCE in discharging its mandate. This, he states, has been indicated by several decisions and courses of action undertaken in relation to the operations of the centre.

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