The BDP has failed Batswana in education
Friday, January 12, 2018
Cry beloved students: Students in a contested class
The lack of policy direction has lowered the status of the education system from bad to worse.
The sad state is the dismal failure by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)-led government to implement the Revised National Policy on Education (RNPE). The RNPE is a well written policy which could have made Botswana one of the best in socio-economic development if implemented. The policy holds most answers to the current educational crisis.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...