Why teach old dogs new tricks - Saleshando

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It is an injustice for teachers to spend most of their teaching years without training only to be considered when they are nearing their retirement age, Dumelang Saleshando has said.

The Gaborone Central legislator was addressing teachers at the Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) congress of delegates at the Goodhope Senior Secondary School under the theme "People solidarity against poverty and oppression". 

He said the Ministry of Education and Skills Development is demotivating the young teachers by training teachers who have been in the profession for ages. "It is like telling them to join the queue and wait for their retirement years before they are considered for further training," Saleshando said.

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