Author

Tshwarelo Hosia
  • The challenge of academic underachievement

    Where does it hurt most in education? The question is made relevant by the fact that not all levels of education are doing badly. Though under resourced, the primary school sub-sector continues to outperform other levels.It is a sub-sector...

  • Managing a school

    Some schools are mega size schools, bigger than some villages. Having had the experience of serving both in small and big schools, I can testify that managing a small school is relatively easier than navigating the terrain of a big school.What is...

  • The school turnaround

    The problems do not stem from the difficulty of managing a turnaround programme. It comes mainly from negative energy. Mission impossible is motivated by a wrong assumption based on fears of the unknown and lack of faith in the competencies and...

  • I saw a new heaven

    “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and earth had passed and there was no longer any sea and I John I saw the Holy city, a new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”...

  • Be each brother’s keeper

    We have a collective responsibility to raise, educate and grow our children as a united front. Going it alone as experience has shown, is an exercise in futility. What is not in dispute is that our children are a precious gift from God, coming to...

  • Ask not what your country can do for you

    His timeless, deeply patriotic and universally applicable words remain relevant now as they were yesterday. “And so fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”The fortunes of any country lies...

  • Ticking the right boxes

    The policy development faculty seems to be ticking the right boxes while agencies responsible for execution are a bit wanting in some respects. Schools continue to give their best selves but can do much better with a bit of external aid. One critical...

  • Managing,navigating school life

    “The effectiveness of school lies in the quality of school life” (Robin etal, 1992).A school is an academic institution that exists within a social setting. Ward Heneveld and Helen Craig underscore the need to recognise a school as a social...

  • The 'unappealing' beautiful concept

    But it remains a little mystery that a beautiful concept that offered a marvellous and ideal environment for teaching and learning ultimately waned and lost appeal. Now, their fortunes have changed completely. It is rather unfortunate that boarding...

  • Mingling with ordinary folks

    I enjoy the ease with which people thrash a wide spectrum of issues, be it politics, religion, sports, and many more. There is no doubt about their sense of humour, stortelling prowess and the ability to make extra ordinary pronouncements on any...

  • The love of the subject

    For instance, there are very good lessons of the 19th century, which shook and changed the world for better or worse. Some are regrettable events that should be noted and forgotten while many others should be cherished and glorified. Great and...

  • A life changing mitigation

    But while about to pack his things and leave, he asked to say something. And he was permitted to do so. In mitigation, he told the panel of judges if they were aware that they had just kicked out a first class student and therefore, denied the school...

  • Teaching: The destiny shaper

    On account of its critical role as a destiny shaper, the teaching profession cannot afford to underachieve or succumb to any affliction because its demise will spell doom to so many lives depending on it. Keeping the teaching profession alive is as...

  • A requiem for Botsile–Zikhali

    The news of her untimely and premature passing did not reach me through the conventional channel. As it is becoming a norm, I was left a little 'paralysed' and with a sense of disbelief to discover accidentally through the notorious messenger...

  • Tertiary school’s significance progress

    It has been a long and intricate battle but victory looks almost certain. But with the right the mind set, the sector could have fared much better.The greatest stumbling block, which frustrated the potential of the tertiary sector, has been the...

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