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09/12/2024

HON. DR DOW CALLS FOR A ONE UNIVERSITY

Member of Parliament (MP) for Kgatleng West, Hon. Dr Unity Dow, has called on the government to collapse all the state-owned institutions into one University, the University of Botswana (UB).

She said the country, as small as Botswana, cannot have four universities. Hon. Dr Dow said having an institution as big as the Oodi College of Applied Arts and Technology (OCAAT) with 300 learners is not economically viable.

The Kgatleng West legislator said this when responding to the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday in Parliament.

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16/11/2024

NEW MINISTRIES, NEW MINISTERS

MINISTRY OF CHILD WELFARE AND BASIC EDUCATION
Minister: Hon Nono Kgafela-Mokoka

MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Minister: Hon Prince Maele
Assistant Minister: Hon Justin Hunyepa

Educating the Nation

13/11/2024

NEW EDUCATION MINISTER STARTS WORK

Following her appointment as the new Minister of Child Welfare and Basic Education, Nono Kgafela-Mokoka met with the Permanent Secretary, Ms Bonolo Khumotaka, and senior staff of the Minister.

The administration of President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko has created the Ministries of Child Welfare and Basic Education, and High Education. The latter is yet to be assigned a Minister.

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12/06/2024

Network Technician is needed at the Legae Academy.

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06/06/2024

Study opportunity exists at the Oodi College of Applied Arts and Technology (OCAAT).

The closing date is the 5th of July 2024.

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27/05/2024

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 2024/ 2025
𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
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21/05/2024

APPLICATIONS FOR UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION INTO THE 2024/25 ACADEMIC YEAR STARTING IN AUGUST 2024

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10/05/2024

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 2024/2025 NEW STUDENTS SPONSORSHIP.

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20/03/2024

The Examinations Body acknowledges delays in the payment of invigilation and marking services to teachers. SEE THE LETTER BELOW written to the School Heads, JCE and BGCSE Government Centers.

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14/02/2024

PUBLIC NOTICE

FORM FOUR PLACEMENT ON-GOING

The Ministry of Education and Skills Development wishes to inform the public that the selection process for 2024 Form Four admissions is on-going.

The Ministry will communicate opening dates once process is complete.

Thank You.

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12/02/2024

Teacher Union has released a statement encouraging parents to take responsibility for the outcome of their children's education. STATEMENT BELO

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12/02/2024

The Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) has released the 2024 Junior Secondary Examination (JCE) Results.

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04/01/2024

2024 Government schools calendar days. First term of 2024 starts on the 9th of January 2024.

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14/08/2023

NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS CRISIS LOOMING

- Teacher Unions launched a spirited campaign by instructing members to stop carrying out coursework activities

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Teacher Unions

GABORONE: Two leading teacher trade Unions, the Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) and Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU), had on the 7th of August 2023 stated their members saying they should “stop carrying out coursework activities and should not submit any coursework assessment marks without a labour-protected agreement.”

The Unions said they have reached and declared a deadlock on the 2023 Coursework and Invigilation negotiations, which have been ongoing since January 2023. According to Agang Gabana and Tobokani Rari, Secretary Generals for BTU and BOSETU, “The negotiations have been ongoing for a while and have passed through several sittings; however, with very little progress regarding the shift in positions.”

To this end, the Unions have launched a campaign calling for their members to only perform coursework activities with a labour-protected agreement. “Any acts of intimidation on any member should be reported immediately to Union structures,” read the teachers' Unions statement.

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30/05/2023

Who is that teacher, you can say, changed your life forever? Let us celebrate them as they will be celebrating Teachers Day on the 3rd of June 2023, under the theme “Teach Today. Touch Lives Forever.”

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27/05/2023

A statement from the Department of Tertiary Education Financing (DTEF) says, “All applicants whose sponsorship applications were rejected because of exceeded placement limit are advised to; Applications – My New Students Application and revise their programme.” Follow the following steps;

1. Long in
2. Click Application
3. Select New Students
4. Click My New Students Application
5. Click under Revise Programme
6. Select Institution/Programme
7. Click Save

For more information on this, kindly call Publicity Offices at 371 9319/20/21/22

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13/04/2023

𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐂𝐘𝐂𝐋𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃

The Minister of Education and Skills Development Dr Douglas Letsholathebe launched the 2023\24 Tertiary Financing Scholarship cycle this morning.

Delivering his address, Hon Letsholathebe told members of the media that his Ministry cares about ensuring the quality of education hence getting into service-level agreements with Education and Training Providers to ensure quality service delivery. He further said MESD continues to involve Botswana Human
Resource Development Council to ensure that tertiary education sponsorship is spread across different fields of study as guided by the identified priority occupations.

Minister Letsholathebe said his Ministry continues to benefit from the development and implementation of an online service platform which has immensely improved operational efficiency. He further explained that the processing and awarding of
sponsorship for all applicants is undertaken within a period of a month as opposed to the previous four months.

“Response to an application is given in real-time. In other words, an application is processed within 30 minutes and a sponsorship letter is issued out” he said. Minister Letsholathebe told the gathering that tertiary education financing services have been greatly improved as students make their applications from the comfort of their homes without the need to travel to the Department of Tertiary Education Offices in Gaborone or other main offices for application submissions.

The tertiary financing sponsorship application and the call centre will be operational from Monday 17th April 2023. The cut-off points for new students are still maintained at 36 points.

Article Credit: BWgovernment
Picture Credi: BWGovernment

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06/02/2023

EDUCATION GETS OVER P15 BILLION

The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) has been allocated the lion’s share of the national budget under the recurrent at P15.04 billon. Delivering the budget estimates today in Parliament, Finance Minister, Hon Peggy Serame had this to say;

“Mr. Speaker, the largest share amounting to fifteen billion and forty million P**a (P15.04 billion), which is 24.9 percent of the proposed Recurrent Budget, is allocated to the newly re-structured Ministry of Education and Skills Development.

This amount is an increase of three billion and twenty million P**a (P3.02 billion) over the approved budget for the current financial year amounting to twelve billion and twenty million P**a (P12.02 billion). Consistent with national priorities, the substantial allocation under this Ministry demonstrates Government’s commitment to strengthening Human Capital and Skills Development that is required in the quest to transform Botswana into a knowledge-based economy.

The proposed budget mainly covers teachers’ salaries and allowances, operational costs for State Owned Enterprises in the education sector, tertiary students’ allowances, food and books for students.

In addition, the increase is also proposed to cover invigilation costs under Botswana Examinations Council, the review of Junior Secondary Schools syllabi as well as operationalization of Maun Centre for Special Education which has the capacity to absorb 100 learners with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.”

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