The club has been hosting well-attended training sessions for government primary schools in the Mmadinare and Selebi-Phikwe areas but since the beginning of the year, the number has drastically gone down. Chakanesa said that one of the major challenges is that teachers have boycotted school sports because they want to be given allowances. He explained that without teachers' support, it is not possible to get many pupils to train. "We are working in conjunction with Botswana Primary Schools Sports Association (BOPSSA) and the association is still trying to find the solution to the problem. The rainy weather is also affecting our training programme. We have seen many pupils staying away from training because of the wet weather. Their parents find it hard to allow them to come from training in such conditions," he said.
Chakanesa said cricket was introduced to government primary schools last year and since then, many pupils have shown interest in the sport. He said the introduction of cricket to primary schools has killed the myth that the sport is for the elite. Chakanesa has drawn up a training programme for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The BCA has supplied training equipment to all schools. "Students from English Medium schools are also free to join the programme. We do not want to leave them behind," Chakanesa said. He said the intention of BCA is to see the sport spreading to all parts of the country and so far the progress is encouraging. He stated that every pupil in the country must be given a chance to play cricket because BCA wants to have a pool of talent to feed the national team. Chakanesa said BCA wants to make cricket popular like football. He said it is high time that indigenous Batswana played for the national team and it is through these kind of programmes that the dream can be realised.
