Hundreds of Malaysia Students to Return

28 January, 2009 in Botswana

source: The Botswana Gazette

Ministry Won’t Sponsor them anymore

Hundreds of Batswana students based in Malaysia are bound for home because the Ministry of Education and

Skills Development will not sponsor them anymore. They are said to have under-performed.
The Principal Public relations Officer at the Ministry, Ms Nomsah Zuze, confirmed to The Gazette that some students were returning home after they failed their courses. She did not elaborate.

Local based students also faced a similar fate after they had failed some modules. At the University of Botswana some students threatened to take government to court for withdrawing their sponsorship but later resolved to negotiate with the Ministry.

Some students who returned from Malaysia told The Gazette that their sponsorships had been terminated. One who spoke on condition of anonymity said he spent about six months not attending classes because the course he had applied for was not offered at the school.
He revealed that some students were being returned because their visas had expired. The majority were [continue reading]

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