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Samora Machel’s 1963 Passage Through Botswana
Get PDFThe Samora Machel Museum in Lobatse, which was opened in April 2022, celebrates the memory of one of Africa’s greatest freedom fighters and statesmen, while further serving as a reminder of the contributions of the many additional patriots, from Botswana, Mozambique, and the wider region, who laid the foundations
for Southern Africa’s liberation. The peace and freedom we enjoy as a region today are a product of their collective struggle and sacrifice against the forces of racism, fascism, and imperialist repression
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STRESS ASSIGNMENT IN NIGERIAN NEWSCASTS AND NEWS REPORTS
Get PDFExisting studies have observed that stress as one of the English suprasegmentals constitutes a major challenge to Nigerian users of English and that there is a marked difference in the use of stress in Nigerian English and Standard British English (hence SBE). Newscasters and news reporters however are assumed to be models for good pronunciation in the second language context. This research sets out to examine, through a comparative approach, whether Nigerian newscasters or news reporters approximate closely to the SBE in the appropriate use of stress. It also aims to find out whether news reporters and newscasters of private TV stations (hence TVS) do better than public TV stations newscasters and news reporters in the appropriate assignment of stress. Metrical theory guides the analysis in showing how stress is assigned by the newscasters and news reporters. Data was collected through the extraction of news from a recording of newscasts and news reports of six different television stations, that is, three public and three private TV stations. Data was derived from the counting of occurring instances of appropriate stress assignment of words and deviations from SBE pronunciation. This was subjected to perceptual, statistical, and metrical analysis. The results show that newscasters from both private and public TV Stations approximate closer to the SBE in stress assignment than news reporters. The results also show that private TV station newscasters and news reporters generally performed better in the appropriate assignment of stress than Public TV Stations newscasters and news reporters. Thus, this study concludes that Nigerian newscasters from private TV stations (though non-native speakers of English) are models for Standard Nigerian English pronunciation because they all performed better in their level of compliance with the SBE pronunciation
Joseph Tsonope (ed.), Lenyalo: Marriage Cultures and Processes in Botswana
Get PDFLenyalo: Marriage Cultures and Processes in Botswana: Past and Present is a collection of chapters that delineates traditional and contemporary conventions, procedures, rituals, roles, and ceremonies pertaining to marital unions among different ethnic groups in Botswana. The book also sheds light on how marriage rites and formalities have changed over time, especially how marriage as an institution is buffeted by the vagaries of modernity. The concluding section of the book offers a set of recommendations on how the institution of marriage and the customary practices that sustain it can be recalibrated
SELF-INFLICTED EDUCATIONAL LEPROSY, CONVENTIONAL WISDOM, OR OUTRIGHT LACK OF FORESIGHT?
Get PDFTeachers are very important and critical players in the quality of education debate. Theirimportance perhaps arises from the key roles they play in the success of any educational endeavour.Botswana’s past political and economic stability resulted in massive educational physicalinfrastructural expansion from the 1980s into the 1990s and beyond, leading to incidentalchallenges. Recently, performance across the educational levels has dwindled despite manyinterventions put in place. This paper uses a critical theory lens to investigate the educational soresaffecting education in Botswana against the backdrop of the massive physical and human resourcedevelopments made in the teaching sector. The argument advanced is that the investments made,both physically and human resource-wise, should be commensurate with the returns by the measureof the educational quality of the country. Factors that negatively affect quality education areenumerated and discussed considering the uniqueness presented by Botswana. The discussions leadto key areas that can be addressed to improve the situation
ANALYSING TEACHERS’ SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE USE OF ICTS FOR TEACHING COMPUTER STUDIES IN MALAWIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Get PDFThe study investigated the instructional skills and knowledge of teachers for teachingComputer Studies in five secondary schools. A case study design was used to collect qualitativedata using interview and observation. The population was Computer Studies teachers insecondary schools and ten teachers were identified as informants through purposive sampling.Findings revealed that most of those teaching Computer Studies were not qualified to teach thesubject but were rather qualified to teach other science subjects such as Mathematics, PhysicalScience, Chemistry and Biology. Teachers’ skills in using ICT instructional devices such ascomputers were found to be moderate. However, other teachers lacked hardware and softwarerepair and maintenance of the ICT devices found in classrooms including computers. It wasnoted that many teachers were willing to undergo training to improve their computer usageskills for instruction and knowledge to advance their competence in the teaching of ComputerStudies. The study recommends that government should implement strategies to improve thedelivery of Computer Studies in secondary schools, upgrade short courses as well as provideadequate teaching and learning materials and equipment. Limitations of the study included theunwillingness of some participants to respond to questions and others declined to participate indata collection. The views shared are mostly from male participants, although deliberate effortwas made to get a good number of female participants
Assessment of Resources Utilization for the Delivery of Adult Education Programme during Covid-19 in University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
Get PDFQuality education is a function of the provision of resources, their maximum utilisation and management. The objectives of this study, among others, are to find out the availability and utilisation of resources for the delivery of adult education programmes during Covid-19 at the University of Ilorin. The total population of the study comprised 600 adult education students and 8 lecturers in the Department of Adult and Primary Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara state. A simple random sampling technique was adopted to select 340 from the total population of 600 adult education students and 8 Adult Education lecturers also participated in the study. Two instruments were for the study titled Assessment of Resource Availability and Utilization in the Delivery of Adult Education Programme Questionnaire (ARAUDAEPQ r= 0.78) and Assessment of Resource Availability and Utilization in the Delivery of Adult Education Programme by Lecturers’ questionnaire (ARAUDAEPLQ r = 0.75). The checklist and questionnaires were validated by experts in the field of Measurement and Evaluation. Descriptive statistics of mean was used to answer the research question while hypotheses were tested with independent t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 alpha level. The results showed that there was no statistically significant difference in the availability of resources in the delivery of adult education programmes during Covid-19 as assessed by lecturers and students of University of Ilorin (t{348} = 1.291, p>0.05). There was a statistically significant difference in the utilisation of resources in the delivery of Adult Education programmes as assessed by lecturers and students of the University of Ilorin (t{348} = 2.471, p<0.05); there was a statistically significant difference in the lecturers’ utilisation of resources in the delivery of adult education during Covid-19 based on gender (t{8} = 0.783, p>0.05); and there was no statistically significant difference in the lecturers’ utilisation of resources during Covid-19 in the delivery of adult education based on lecturing status (F {3, 6} = 0.449, p>0.05). Thus, it was recommended that school management should be ready to cooperate with Adult Education lecturers in the provision and improvisation of visual instructional materials for better delivery of adult education programmes and instructional delivery at the University of Ilorin.
 
Globalization and Foreign Language Pedagogy: Predicaments and Paradoxes Typifying French Language Learning at Junior Secondary School Level in Botswana
Get PDFThis study interrogated the effectiveness of the teaching and learning (T&L) of French as a foreign language (FL) at Junior Secondary School (JSS) level in Botswana, a development largely propelled by forces of globalization. Specifically, the study was aimed at examining whether the teachers are pedagogically grounded to consciously and systematically apply appropriate theories and principles of foreign language T&L in order to help develop communicative competence among French language learners in the country’s public-school system. Second, this study explored the state of availability and suitability of instructional resources used in FL classrooms. Applying the Socio-Cultural Theory and using the qualitative approach, data were collected through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, classroom observations and analysis of official documents from a total of two purposively selected JSSs in Gaborone, Botswana’s Capital city. The participants comprised students drawn from French classes and teachers of French in the participating schools. Through descriptive data analysis, the findings pointed to a myriad of administrative and pedagogic bottlenecks hampering prospects for French language communicative proficiency at this level
LOCAL LANGUAGES AS A RESOURCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: WAY FORWARD FOR IMPLEMENTING LOCAL LANGUAGE TEACHING IN BOTSWANA1
Get PDFThe decision to develop languages in education policy to implement Botswana local languages in education marks a big milestone in the incorporation of languages in education in Botswana. Hitherto, only Setswana and English were the only school languages. However, at the beginning of 2023 some of the other indigenous languages have started being used in schools, and the phased introduction of remaining ones will be done after necessary developments are undertaken to resource and capacitate them. This paper reports on the languages in education policy and its bearing on the introduction of local languages in Botswana schools. It discusses some technical and strategic issues that need to be considered for the implementation to fully succeed. The paper takes the view that allowing other languages in school provides a learning resource that will efficiently facilitate the learning processes, ensuring inclusivity, equity, democratization of the curriculum and the fulfilment of the ideal of education for all