The envisaged right-sizing of the Public Service to impact the education sector badly :: Mmegi Online

Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union, BOSETU says they are worried that the education sector would be impacted negatively by the envisaged cost cutting measures, specifically right sizing of the public service announced by the Minister of Finance Dr Thapelo Matsheka during the 2021 budget presentation early this month.

In their budget review session, BOSETU President Winstan Radikolo said it had been proposed that in order to deal with the high wage bill:

Government needs to right-size the public service. Meanwhile, as an effort to reduce the wage bill, Government will abolish 50 percent of vacant positions, in value, as of 1st April, 2021. In this regard, the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) will be expected to review the size of the public service and, during the 2020/21 Financial Year, recommend measures to right size it as part of over-arching public sector reforms. (Paragraph 126)

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