The Government is really trying hard to provide all sorts of people with education. The introduction of the multi-grade education seeks to increase accessibility for the disadvantaged children. The system is meant to promote quality learning experiences and improve transition as well as completion rates for students living in marginalized settlements. In multi-grade education, learners of different grades or standards are placed in the same class and taught content that runs across standards.
The government, through the education ministry endeavored to provide 100 per cent free quality education to all children of school going age. In Botswana there are young children who are living in settlements and farms. They walk long distances to areas where there were schools. As such, the multi-grade teaching materials will provide aid to teachers in the multi-grade and satellite schools.
The system is also cost effective because it would allow one teacher to teach two classes at the same time. All that is needed is one teacher. This would help disadvantaged communities not to send their young children to boarding schools but keep them home since the system did not need any permanent structures to serve as classrooms.
This is a great initiative by the government. Thuto ke Thebe, this project will help us reach one of the 2016 pillars of being an educated and an informed nation without hassles.
