Africa-Press – Botswana. With the Botswana Sectors of Educators Union (BOSETU) bemoaning the workload that teachers have to endure, the union has instructed the men and women of the chalk to refuse to take any more classes than they already have until further notice.
Addressing a press conference this week, the union’s secretary-general, Tobokani Rari, said excessive workload has proven to be a huge challenge for teachers over time, adding that they had reached breaking-point levels and could no longer take it. He said the general poor academic performance in Botswana schools was a direct result of the poor working conditions for teachers. “We have instructed teachers not to take on more classes as our guide clearly stipulates a cap of 29 classes per teacher, but some of our teachers have up to 35 classes,” Rari said.
He accused government of giving with one hand and taking with the other, saying while class sizes in most schools have been reduced, temporary teachers have been relived of their duties and this increased the workload of permanent teachers. In an effort to address the anomaly, Rari said the union would be engaging further on the issue with officials of the Ministry of Education and Skills Development.
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