How Mixed-Ability Grouping Works in Botswana’s Schools?

Abstract

Botswana was one of the countries (of the world) that signed at the Jomtein Conference of 1990 to provide equal access to education for all citizens of their countries. Botswana's Revised National Policy on Education (RNPE, 1994 and Vision 2016(1997) emphasised on the need to provide equal access to education for all children, including those with special needs. This paper focuses on how mixedability classes work in Botswana schools especially at the basic education level. It examines how teachers attend to learners with learning difficulties. The paper goes on to show the strides that the Botswana Government has made in catering for mixed ability groups in the educational system and efforts being made to ensure the effectiveness of "mixed-ability" teaching at the basic education level. Every child has the potential to learn and succeed in life. It is therefore the responsibility of the effective and efficient teacher to bring out the best in the children he/she teaches.

EFL Teachers Teach Heterogeneous Classroom in One Junior High School in Medan: A Phenomenological Study

“…They cannot focus on the lesson. Although students get the same treatment but the result will seem different, (Iloanya, 2014).…”