{"id":25195,"date":"2023-04-06T07:21:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T07:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/ministry-moves-to-improve-education-standard"},"modified":"2023-04-06T07:21:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T07:21:54","slug":"ministry-moves-to-improve-education-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/ministry-moves-to-improve-education-standard","title":{"rendered":"MINISTRY MOVES TO IMPROVE EDUCATION STANDARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Ministry of Education and Skills Development intends to produce graduates of international standards.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Consequently, the ministry is reviewing the curriculum in an effort to improve the standard of education.Minister Dr Douglas Letsholathebe said this during official opening of Machana Primary school in Moshupa\/Manyana constituency on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important to impart skills to our students to ensure that they are competitive globally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In other issues, Minister Letsholathebe applauded President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi for bringing different organisations and individuals together for the construction of Machana Primary School.<\/p>\n<p>He further said he hoped other leaders would follow what Dr Masisi did for Machana by not relying on the government for everything.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also thanked all those who made the project a success.<\/p>\n<p>My ministry, Dr Letsholathebe said, would continue shaping learners into responsible future leaders through education.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Assistant Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Mabuse Pule highlighted that the school project idea was born during a kgotla meeting in Machana addressed by Dr Masisi as the constituency Member of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr Masisi was surprised to see children during a kgotla meeting, while they were supposed to be at school. He then decided to engage companies and individuals to assist,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Pule pointed out that what President Masisi did was a sign of visionary leadership, adding that it was also in line with his Reset Agenda.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted that his ministry would continue building schools around the country to support a knowledge-based economy.<\/p>\n<p>Kgosi Mogotsi Marotwane of Machana thanked Dr Masisi and First Lady Neo Masisi for continuous support to the school as well as all those who assisted the school.<\/p>\n<p>This school, he said, had brought light to the village, adding that it was not easy to get a job even a simple one without education.<\/p>\n<p>Kgosi Marotwane also thanked government for various developments in the village.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. The Ministry of Education and Skills Development intends to produce graduates of international standards. Consequently, the ministry is reviewing the curriculum in an effort to improve the standard of education.Minister Dr Douglas Letsholathebe said this during official opening of Machana Primary school in Moshupa\/Manyana constituency on Tuesday. \u201cIt is important to impart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":25194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-25195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MINISTRY MOVES TO IMPROVE EDUCATION STANDARD - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/ministry-moves-to-improve-education-standard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MINISTRY MOVES TO IMPROVE EDUCATION STANDARD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. 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