GUC first-year students get promised laptops
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 | 790 Views |
Students receiving laptops
To qualify for the windows 11 laptops with Microsoft Office preinstalled, not only did the students have to be fulltime and government sponsored, but also had to be citizens who would complete their courses before reaching the age of 35.
They also had to have obtained a minimum cut off of 36 points in Botswana Genberal Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) or equivalent for mainstream even after upgrading their results and 31 points for OVC, RAC and SEN. Furthermore, they needed to be first time beneficiaries of the government sponsorship.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...