It is the worst trying circumstances for final year candidates :: Mmegi Online

BOSETU says the 2020 exams candidates are writing the ex-aminations under difficult and trying circumstances.” you will recall that there had been some intermittent lock downs, the first being for the whole country lasting a month, the second and third lockdowns being for greater Gaborone, resulting in stu-dents losing out on learning, syllabus not run efficiently , mean-ing students are faced with the situation whereby they sit for exams without having adequately covered the syllabus”, ob-served the Secretary General, Tobokani Rari.

BOSETU says when the schools reopened, and had to practice social distancing in classrooms, with other classes being held in the afternoons, the result was that the time that teachers and students traditionally used for remedial works and enrichment activities as well as assisting practical subjects students to finish their course works, were no longer there.

“As a results many schools end up submitting course works and artifacts that are sub-standard because they were done in a hurry and not ably assisted; added to the fact that syllabus was not adequately covered; so all in all students are taking the ex-ams under very trying circumstances”.

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