IGNATIOUS NJOBVU
Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) will be going for an elective congress in a few weeks to come. BOSETU is an educators trade union whose main focus is to advocate and advance its members’ welfare before the employer and other stakeholders. The union negotiates and bargains on behalf of its members. Representation during grievances and disciplinary proceedings are just but a few of the main functions of the trade union. It is also the duty of the union to provide social and economic benefits to its members. This they can do through guiding and advising members on a variety of investment opportunities available at any moment in time.
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
Emma Okonji
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