06 Sep 2016

Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education and Skills Development, Dr Theophilus Mooko, strides have been made to develp the country to where it is now.

He was officially opening  the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) conference in Gaborone recently 

He  implored researchers to come up with innovative ideas that would  develop sustainable development goals and said  academics, researchers and practitioners  should  come up with ground breaking innovations that would help to interact effectively with the environment.

He  said scientific research should help improve people’s lives saying through interaction and interrogation of issues, the association had to contend with, they should be able to make progress. 

Dr Mooko said Botswana was focusing on developing policies that enabled an environment for researchers to thrive and do well in their field. 

“We have seen the establishment of the academy of sciences which is a forum that will help scientists work together, collaborate and break the fragmented approach that we have seen over the years,” he said. ENDS