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Government plans to end free education

    NAIROBI
    The Botswana government plans to stop its free education services as part of cost cutting measures meant to solve current budgetary constraints. The new education minister, Kgeledi George Kgoroba, reportedly told parliament that the finance and development planning ministry had instructed his ministry to introduce various cost saving and recovery measures in the education sector. The proposed measures are meant to pass the cost of educational services to recipients. They include the introduction of partial school fees while students would also be required to purchase stationery and pay examination fees. The minister said that the government would privatise services such as catering in tertiary institutions, cleaning, and printing and related services. Botswana introduced free education 13 years ago.

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