Africa-Press – Botswana. First Lady Neo Masisi says Machana Primary School is a clear evidence of government’s commitment to make education accessible to every child in Botswana.
Ms Masisi highlighted this during her tour of the school, accompanied by Her Majesty the Queen of Lesotho Kingdom Mmasenate Mohato Seeiso on Friday.
She said the school, which is in a small settlement of Machana several kilometres between Jwaneng and Pitseng, provided an opportunity for children from the settlement to access education close to the homes instead of having to travel long distances for school.
“The objective of this tour is to show Her Majesty the Queen of Lesotho clear evidence of strides made by the government of Botswana in the education of our children. It was gesture to show her results of the effort made by President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi to help children from Machana access education in their village without having to travel to Pitseng,” she said.
She expressed gratitude to Debswana Mine in Jwaneng for its continued support of the school.
Queen Mohato Seeiso, who was in Botswana for the annual Desert Bush Walk, commended the effort made by government to make education accessible to children living in remote areas.
“The effort made by the government of Botswana to provide children in Machana with a school is a commendable one. Children should be provided with an enabling environment to access education which is key for their development as future leaders,” she said.
Queen Mohato Seeiso donated stationery to the school.
The school head, Ms Mary Mbikiwa pointed out that Machana Primary School had experienced significant growth since it was established in 2018.
Ms Mbikiwa said they started with 59 pupils and seven teachers and little infrastructure.
She said they currently had 230 pupils and 13 teachers.
In terms of infrastructure, she said they had one block of permanent classroom, seven temporary classrooms and seven temporary teachers houses.
Moshupa District Council deputy chairperson, Mr Peter Sethibe thanked First Lady and Queen Mohato Seeiso for visiting the school and donating stationary.
He said the donation would encourage learners to perform better and ultimately improve performance of the school.
“I also thank Ms Masisi, the Patron of Machana Primary School for the usual support of the school,” he said.
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