Shortage of Invigilators Rock Gaborone

Shortage of Invigilators Rock Gaborone
Shortage of Invigilators Rock Gaborone

Owing to the fact that Gaborone has become a leading covid19 hotspot, BOSETU says their intelligence have revealed that many teachers have withdrawn availing themselves for invigila-tion in this year’s examinations in the city.

According to BOSETU the teachers took issues of personal safety into con-sideration and decided to opt out, “We hear there is shortage of invigilators in Gaborone. Invigilation is not compulsory, as per a ruling by courts of law in our 2017 case against  the Botswana Examinations Council(BEC) that invigilation and marking can-not be forced on teachers since it is the job of BEC, so no one should be forced to do those activities, they are done out of vo-lition and when they are done they should be paid”. 

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