07 Nov 2021

Junior Rangers and Aflatoun organisations have been praised for offering school-going children an opportunity to develop interpersonal, pyscho-social and financial skills necessary to survive in the 21^st century.

North West regional education director, Veronica Letlhare made the remarks when officially opening waste art exhibition organized by Junior Rangers and Aflatoun. The exhibition showcased waste art projects produced by learners from primary and secondary schools to sensitise and inspire young people to protect the environment.

She acknowledged efforts by the organisations in nurturing creativity amongst learners to help improve their academic results in the process, adding that it also complemented the Ministry of Basic Education’s multiple pathways programme, which aimed to produce learners with more knowledge and skills so that they could start their own businesses after completion of their basic education.

She said the ministry’s vision of delivering a 21^st century learner would be achieved through such art exhibition as leaners would have developed adaptive skills to bring solutions to global phenomenon.

Letlhare also pointed out that there was a growing concern of poor waste management in Maun instigated by both human beings and animals, stating that the waste management projects would provide an answer.

Furthermore, she noted that in some developed countries, waste had saved a lot of communities through reduce, re-use and recycling to keep as much material out of the landfill as possible.

Improper waste management, she said contributed to pollution, regressed beauty of the mother planet, hence she challenged the community in general to strive to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which advocated for provision of clean water and sanitation to improve sustainable development across communities. ENDS