Africa-Press – Botswana. Khwee Primary School in the Boteti District is reportedly one of the schools with high enrollment, hence shortage of classrooms.
This has been revealed through the village development committee report in a kgotla meeting addressed by Boteti East Member of Parliament on Monday.
VDC chairperson, Mr Keneilwe Gasebatho said the school was also challenged with shortage of furniture as well as hostel accommodation for pupils.
Currently, Mr Gasebatho said enrollment at Khwee Primary School stood at 897.
He also highlighted that there were 216 pupils residing in the school against 178 spaces available at the hostels.
On a related matter, the VDC chairperson pleaded with relevant authorities to speed up the payment process for the supplementary feeds suppliers at the school since they were always delayed.
There is also a textile outlet in Khwee that supplies the school with uniform, which the VDC chairperson said was challenged with delayed payments, hence compromised production.
As for health, Mr Gasebatho said Khwee population had grown tremendously to be serviced by three nurses.
He also pleaded with the MP to consider an upgrade of Khwee Health Post to a clinic with maternity ward.
This, he said would address the issue of long distances travelled by pregnant women on a bad road to Letlhakane.
Further, the VDC report indicated that there was need for a police satellite in the village.
Mr Gasebatho said currently police services were provided from the kgotla, something he said had resulted in shortage of offices.
Given the growing population, Mr Gasebatho also appealed for reinforcement of security with police special constables in Khwee.
Different speakers at the meeting decried delayed land allocation in the village, saying it had been years now.
They also appealed for more public standpipes in the village because some people travelled long distances to access water from the only two.
One of the residents, Mr Tshepo Mokalake said there was abundant talent in Khwee, be it sport or arts, hence appealed for proper facilities.
Mr Rodger Tauejele talked about the importance of Omang, where he advised the relevant office to frequently embark on taking services to the people in remote areas such as Khwee.
Area MP, Mr Sethomo Lelatisitswe told Khwee residents that through the newly adopted Transitional National Development Plan by government, most of the projects would be undertaken by the Ministry of Infrastructure.
This, he said was in an effort to deliver projects on time and within budget, and avoid situations where some contractors usually protested awarded tenders.
Meanwhile, the MP pleaded with Khwee people to be ready to take good care of the small stock project that would soon be handed to them by Lucara Botswana.
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