BOSETU Rallies teachers to abandon marking of Coursework
Monday, September 06, 2021 | 940 Views |
Rari
This, after the Union and the examinations body, Botswana Examinations Council(BEC) deadlocked on bargaining for the wages of teachers for moderation and marking if this year’s examinations.
In a statement BOSETU Secretary General Tobokani Rari appealed to teachers to discontinue any ongoing moderation with immediate effect, until such time that the impasse between the Teachers Trade Unions and BEC over the 2021/22 Coursework and Moderation rates would have been resolved.
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...