Botswana: Mogae promises universal education

President Festus Mogae says his government will ensure that the provision of high quality education and training continues to improve in order to produce a more competent and innovative labour force that can drive socio-economic and technological development. He said that his government was committed to ensuring better education by ensuring that opportunities for tertiary education are improved through the expansion of the University of Botswana, the building of a second university, whose curriculum would focus on science and technology, as well as a medical school.