Why Adopt The Outcome-Based Education System?
Monday, August 26, 2019
In order for us to run a knowledge-based economy, we will need a knowledge worker. A worker whose livelihood is dependent on their intellectual capabilities. A worker whose competencies would be used to navigate through life challenges.
A person whose skills will not only help them adapt to environmental changes, but would also propel them to contribute significantly to the growth of the economy. Through its various initiatives and programmes, Botswana education sector aspires to produce the kind of a knowledge worker.
Smash-and-grab incidents became common at traffic lights, Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) bombings made headlines too often, cash-in-transit robberies terrified security personnel, while home invasions left families traumatised in the very places they were supposed to feel safest. The situation had reached alarming levels and threatened not only the peace of ordinary citizens, but also the country’s reputation as one of the safest and most...