Botswana: Our Cockeyed Education System

The true homeland is not just land and borders. Back in the day, there used to be four different exit points at basic education level. These were: Primary school (Standard 4) – there was an examination taken to progress to standard 5, otherwise pupils were made repeat Standard 4 until they have been moulded enough to proceed to higher classes. Then there was Standard 7 Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE) where pupils were expected to get a C or better for them to proceed to Junior Secondary…