Union blames TEC for promoting private colleges

TAWU general secretary Edward Tswaipe said at a press conference yesterday at Babereki House in Gaborone they agree with the Tertiary Education Policy but they want to see more public colleges. He was speaking on TAWU's perspective of the Tertiary Education Policy that is due for discussion in Parliament this week.  He said private colleges favoured by TEC are not ready for providing the kind of education the country is looking for. "Education is better produced as a public good and should be seen as a social good," he said.

Tswaipe added that the proliferation of private institutions may lead to lowering of labour standards. "Most of the lecturers are on a take it or leave it situation and most of them are expatriates from countries where life has deteriorated and they can take any offer placed before them," he explained.