Douglas Boikanyo Letsholathebe

• Delivered higher-level undergraduate and graduate courses via classroom, online and hybrid methodologies to satisfy course curricula and meet student needs.
• Supervised junior lecturers' course development and recommended refinements to enhance student learning.
• Advised on department hiring actions to help build cohesive and successful lecturing team.
• Oversaw graduate student projects and advised on focus, methodology and report generation to meet preset standards.
• Conducted Material science research with in-person and remote collaborators and presented results in scholarly publications to further enhance knowledge.

Duties

• Promote primary and post-primary education
• Develop and implement education policies
• Develop and evaluate curriculum
• Train teachers
• Administer schools
• Establish and disestablish government schools
• Consider advice from local education authorities

Goals

My main duty was to help Botswana achieve its goals of becoming a knowledge-based society. This includes:

• Ensuring that education outputs meet the needs of the labor market
• Improving access to education
• Improving academic performance
• Improving the quality of education
• Improving the relevance of education
• Improving equity in education
• Improving accountability in education

Legislative role Debate and pass bills (proposed laws) and Amend existing laws.

Representative role Speak on matters of public importance, Present petitions on behalf of tati east constituents, and Represent their interests

Ask and answer questions during Questions Time, and Examine government policies.

• Consult with Ntlo ya Dikgosi when tribal and customary matters are involved
• Promote peaceful and inclusive societies
• Safeguard citizenship, identity, and linguistic and cultural diversity
• Promote cultural pluralism and peace
• Support interfaith and inter-ethnic dialogue

Responsibilities

• Policy developmentCreate and implement policies that promote research, innovation, and access to higher education
• Higher education regulationEnsure that higher education institutions meet quality standards and offer relevant programs
• FundingProvide funding to higher education institutions and researchers to support research and development
• CollaborationPromote collaboration between researchers and industry to ensure that research is relevant to the economy
• SponsorshipCoordinate sponsorship award criteria, select applicants, and place them into accredited institutions
• National prioritiesIdentify national priorities for research and development
• Funding strategiesDevelop funding strategies to implement the research and development agenda

Goals

The Ministry's goals include:

• Transforming Botswana into a knowledge-based society
• Developing a skilled and knowledgeable workforce
• Helping Botswana recover from COVID-19 more sustainably and with greater resilience for the future

• Delivered higher-level undergraduate and graduate courses via classroom, online and hybrid methodologies to satisfy course curricula and meet student needs.
• Supervised junior lecturers' course development and recommended refinements to enhance student learning.
• carried out research in the field of material science.

taught physics to undergraduate and masters students

• Acting as a mediator between the Member of Parliament and her constituents
• Supervision of officers in the constituency office
• Supervising projects spearhead by the Member of Parliament in her constituency
• Allocation of duties for constituency staff

• Taught Physics to O’Level students
• Secretary of the science department