Ministry Of Education Botswana
US Department Of State Post Report
Many Mission children attend Westwood International School. Founded by the American Embassy, the British High Commission, and several local business firms, the school opened in May 1988. Westwood is a combined primary secondary school. A private coeducational English medium school, it is located in the southwestern part of the city. Its modern campus includes 27 air-conditioned classrooms, a school resource center that houses the library and a computer center, a sports field and swimming pool, and a creative and performing arts hall. Westwood provides an international standard of education. School programs focus on preparing the children to reenter their home country school systems or a third educational system in another part of the world. Westwood currently has over 500 pupils from ages 5 to 18 in an instructional offering that includes: 1 year of preschool (Reception), 6 years of primary education (Standard 1 through 6), and 6 years of secondary. ... [Read More]
Fulbright Educational Partnerships Program – Project Profile – Educational Partnerships Program
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Hague Convention on Legalization of Foreign Public Documents
Belarus: Entered into Force May 31, 1992. Competent Authority: Ministry of Justice (judicial/court documents); Ministry of National Education(educational documents); Committee for Archives and Administration (state archives documents); Ministry of Foreign Affairs (all other documents) ... The Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan - for official documents issued by the bodies for education, science and the educational institutions of the Republic; ... [Read More]
III. Focus Country Activities
Comprehensive community-based programs will partner with the education system, health service facilities, and community groups to delay the onset of sexual intercourse, decrease risk behavior, and increase appropriate use of health services. Teaching abstinence in schools will create the backbone of efforts of integrating HIV/AIDS education and reproductive health into the school-based Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) series being developed through the Ministry of Education, with Emergency Plan (EP) support. Until HFLE is finalized, education-sector Peace Corps Volunteers (PCV) will receive training to integrate HIV/AIDS prevention education, with a strong emphasis on promoting the developed abstinence messaging, into the current Life Skills teaching they provide at nearly twenty schools across the country. The MOH Adolescent and Young Adult Health and Wellness Unit (CAYAHWU) will be strengthened to promote participation of parents, teachers, health care workers and ... [Read More]
Botswana (07/05)
Education: Adult literacy--81%. ... Education--Jacob Nkate ... In 1995, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) started the BOTUSA Project in collaboration with the Botswana Ministry of Health in order to generate information to improve TB control efforts in Botswana and elsewhere in the face of the TB and HIV/AIDS co-epidemics. Under the 1999 U.S. Government's Leadership and Investment in Fighting an Epidemic (LIFE) Initiative, CDC through the BOTUSA Project has undertaken many projects and has assisted many organizations in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Botswana. Botswana is one of the 15 focus countries for PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief and began receiving funding and assistance under this program in January 2004. PEPFAR assistance to Botswana, which totaled $20 million in FY 2004 and doubled to $40 million in FY 2005, contributed to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care interventions. ... [Read More]
Botswana
The Prisons Act grants relatives, lawyers, magistrates, and church organizations the right to visit prisoners for "rehabilitative purposes;" however, the Commissioner of Prisons has the authority to decide whether domestic and international human rights organizations may visit. Independent monitoring of prison conditions by human rights groups, the media, or the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) generally was allowed if these organizations sought permission from the Commissioner of Prisons; however, sometimes permission was denied. The BCHR was denied access to visit Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi, a Lesotho national sentenced to death for the murder of a police officer, following the organization's criticism of the executions of four convicted murderers (see Section 1.a.). The ICRC visited some prisons in September. d. Arbitrary Arrest, Detention, or Exile The Constitution prohibits arbitrary arrest and ... [Read More]
Botswana
The rights of children are addressed in the Constitution and the Children's Act, and the Government remained committed to the protection of these rights. The Government continued to allocate the largest portion of its operating expenditures to the Ministry of Education and the second largest portion to the Ministry of Local Government, which distributed books, food, and materials for primary education. Under the law, the country has a court system and social service apparatus designed solely for juveniles. ... [Read More]
Partners in the Focus Countries: Fiscal Year 2004
Côte d'Ivoire Ministry of National Education ... Kenya Ministry of Education Science and Technology ... SABC Education ... [Read More]
“Building a Future Free from AIDS" - "Gaborone Botswana"
The U.S. also supports locally designed behavior change strategies that direct tailored messages to appropriate groups including education for girls that builds self–esteem, allows for informed choices, and fosters the communication skills to say “no” to sex. The U.S. supports the popular Setswana-language Makgabaneng radio serial-drama, which promotes prevention behaviors and provides information about care and treatment services. The U.S. also assists innovative programs for youth through YOHO (the Youth Health Organization), and partnered with the Ministry of Education to develop life-skills curricula for use in primary and secondary schools. ... [Read More]
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