The Botswana Sectors of Educators trade Union (BOSETU) notes that the 2021/2022 budget proposals were made under very challenging times due to the COVID 19 pandemic. As a trade union we note further, that Botswana economy and the entire world was and still is adjusting and responding to the biggest shock of this century, which is COVID-19. We have no doubt as a trade union that, the pandemic has had many socio – economic impacts that include low economic to negative growth of most sectors of the economy, increased rates of unemployment especially for the youth, poverty and balance of payment decline.
We note further that it is on record that Botswana’s economy has declined by almost 25 percent in period of March to June 2020, which period covers the longest national lockdown in April 2020. We make this commentary on the education sector budget well aware that the education sector was not spared in terms of the impact, as budgets had to be readjusted to accommodate the COVID 19 r
16th February 2021
A statement by United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta Fore has implored schools to consider closure as a last resort. Yet Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) together with Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) have called for an urgent closure of all educational institutions in the country.
In the statement dated 12
th of January, Fore said: “As we enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and as cases continue to soar around the world, no effort should be spared to keep schools open or prioritize them in reopening plans.” BTU and BOSETU’s joint statement released on February 8
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