BOSETU Calls for Vaccination of Form 4's before enrolment
Sunday, March 14, 2021
BOSETU Calls for Vaccination of Form 4u00e2u20acu2122s before enrolment
Rari says at a meeting with the Covid Taskforce and the Ministry the trade Union called for the vaccination of the Form 4’s as an effective control measure. He added that research has found that although students are mainly asymptomatic, vaccination would further reduce chances of spread from student to student, or where it happens the infection would be much milder, the benefits of which would be felt by members of the communities and families, and teachers that the students interact with on daily basis.” That way, vaccination of Form 4’s is meant to save the teachers, the families of students, and members of the communities that these students habitually interact with as healthy looking covid carriers who infect them”, Rari explained.
The research presented at the recent Botswana Secondary School Teachers Union symposium should serve as a wake-up call to us all.We are so focused on coding, artificial intelligence, and the jobs of tomorrow that we are neglecting the basic safety and emotional well-being of the children sitting in our classrooms today.Statistics are deeply worrying. One study revealed that 34% of secondary school learners in Gaborone meet the criteria for a...