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Alex Hohol
Brian Johnson
Brenton Crusinberry
Kayla Sims
Anecdote
A woman known as Mama Bogadi, lives with
six of her grandchildren. She said that all
her children left school before they could
completed Junior Certificate and are now
scattered all over the urban areas of
Botswana. She tries to come up with a
single reason why she let her daughter
quit school. "She will go and look for a job
as a maid," was all she could say when she
finally had enough courage to speak.
Pregnancy (Girls)
Girls tend to drop out earlier than boys
because of pregnancy. Pregnancy is a
problem in Botswana because there are no
doors. Therefore, men may come in at any
time and rape girls. Girls, when pregnant
cannot make it to school. They are much too
tired, too irritable, and too young to deal and
struggle with the pressures of being teenage
mothers. Due to this pressure, many, if not
all, drop out of school immediately and must
focus on their children.
Wealth
Education is Botswana is mostly free, but to get a