Africa-Press – Botswana. Kweneng Council Trust (KCT) in partnership with MacMillan Botswana has donated 450 books to Mogoditshane Senior Secondary School library.
Speaking during the handing over ceremony held at the school on Thursday, the Minister of Youth, Sports, Gender and Culture, Mr Tumiso Rakgare, welcomed the donation, and underscored the importance of books in the academic life of learners as they are a source of information they may have otherwise not come across.
Minister Rakgare, who is also Member of Parliament for Mogoditshane, said the decision to donate books comes at the right time as students only had dreams, and needed resources to enable their learning.
He said the books would help lay a foundation for a better future, as they are the leaders of tomorrow.
He commended KCT for seeking to improve school libraries and instil a culture of reading among students.
Mr Rakgare said organisations such as KCT play a major role in helping develop communities. He said as the country continued to grapple with numerous challenges, communities are expected to come up with ways of being self-reliant.
A representative of Macmillan Botswana, Ms Joyce Mbalekelwa, indicated that the company previously worked with KCT to donate books to Mahupu Unified School last year. She said Macmillan Botswana aims to promote literacy through the production of good books to promote information acquisition, learning, love for reading, leisure reading and instructional delivery.
Ms Mbalekelwa said this was what would help country attain its vision of an educated and informed nation, aid in the transition to a knowledge-based economy as well as cultivate mindset change among learners.
The chairman of KCT, Mr Charles Keikotlhae, said its main focus was fundraising to help meet the needs of communities in Kweneng, especially the disabled, assist students with books and help find employment for the youth.
Mr Keikotlhae indicated that KCT wished to build seven libraries in seven schools.
The school head, Mr Kgari Ramodisa, said the gesture was welcome, especially since the school library was not well-resourced.
He said even in the age of digitisation, conventional libraries are still relevant in acquisition of knowledge as they provide authentic and reliable information.
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