Education Infrastructure and Management Company - EIMC

Today, on the Day of the African Child, we join the continent in reaffirming our commitment to building learning environments where every child can thrive.

This year's theme, "Ensuring Universal Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Every Child in Africa," reminds us that safe water, dignified sanitation, and proper hygiene are not privileges,they are essential foundations for quality education, health, and human dignity.

At EIMC, WASH is a core component of our mandate to modernise, refurbish, expand, and sustainably manage public school infrastructure across Botswana. Our work goes beyond classrooms. We are committed to developing schools with safe water systems, functional sanitation facilities, effective drainage, handwashing infrastructure, and healthy learning environments that enable every learner and teacher to succeed.

Every child deserves to learn in a school that is safe, clean, inclusive, and fit for the future.

Together, we can build education infrastructure that protects health, promotes dignity, and empowers the next generation.

Happy Day of the African Child.

The Education Infrastructure and Management Company (EIMC) recently paid a courtesy call to the Minister of Sport and Arts,
Hon. Jacob Kelebeng, as part of ongoing stakeholder engagements to explore areas of collaboration.

Led by CEO Ms. Chanda Masendu-Kusane, the EIMC executive team shared the company's vision of delivering safe, modern, inclusive, and sustainable public school infrastructure across Botswana, including sports facilities and associated support services.

The Ministry of Sport and Arts welcomed the initiative, recognising the critical role that quality infrastructure plays not only in improving learning outcomes but also in nurturing future sporting talent.

Recognising the urgent need to improve many existing sports facilities, Hon. Kelebeng called for a strategic partnership between MoSA and EIMC to accelerate the transformation of school sports infrastructure across the country.

EIMC looks forward to working closely with the Ministry of Sport and Arts and other stakeholders to create learning environments that empower Botswana's learners to excel both in the classroom and on the field.

When Victor Baatweng joined the school magazine team at Gantsi Senior Secondary School, he could not have known that the experience would lay the foundation for a career that would eventually place him at the centre of Botswana’s business and economic conversations.

Like millions of Batswana who have passed through the country’s public education system, Baatweng’s journey began in a public school classroom. The buildings may not have been glamorous, and resources may not always have been abundant, but those classrooms provided something far more important: a place to learn, discover talent, build confidence, and imagine a future beyond one’s immediate circumstances.

The physical spaces where children learn matter. Classrooms are where curiosity is sparked, ambitions are formed, and futures begin to take shape. For Baatweng, the classrooms and learning environment at Gantsi Senior Secondary School became the setting where an early passion for communication and storytelling first emerged.

Those lessons extended beyond writing. They cultivated curiosity, critical thinking, discipline, and the confidence to engage with complex issues, qualities that would later prove essential in covering business, economics, and public policy.

Today, as a financial journalist and editor, Baatweng occupies a position of influence within Botswana’s media landscape. His work contributes to public understanding of economic matters at a time when informed debate is increasingly important for national development.

Yet he remains conscious of where the journey began.

For Baatweng, "public schools are not merely institutions that prepare students for examinations. They are spaces where potential is discovered and nurtured. They are environments where future journalists, doctors, teachers, engineers, entrepreneurs, and leaders first begin to imagine what they can become. Every classroom holds the possibility of a future innovator, policymaker, business leader, or nation-builder."

His journey from public school classrooms to the newsroom demonstrates what is possible when learners are given safe, functional, and inspiring environments in which to learn.

Strong school infrastructure does more than provide shelter; it creates the conditions for learning, creativity, confidence, and opportunity to flourish.

Every upgraded classroom, repaired window, door, and roof, functional library, science laboratory, and safe learning space is an investment in the future of Botswana. It is an investment in the next Victor Baatweng, whose talents may be waiting to be discovered in a classroom today.

Public schools built Botswana. Their continued renewal and modernisation will help build the Botswana of tomorrow.

Tune in to BTV this morning as EIMC's Head of Infrastructure Development and Programme Delivery, Khumo James, discusses the company's project implementation approach, operating model for delivering new school infrastructure, from planning through to completion and handover, and how EIMC is integrating maintenance and lifecycle asset management into its school infrastructure strategy.

The discussion will also explore how EIMC is working to transform public school infrastructure across Botswana and create safe, modern, and sustainable learning environments for every learner.

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"My story is proof that public schools shape far more than academic success; they shape the character of a nation and remain one of Botswana's greatest nation-building tools."

From the classrooms of Itumeleng Primary School and Naledi Senior Secondary School to a distinguished career in Law, Njira Mbewe-Boatey's journey reflects the enduring power of public schools to transform lives and unlock opportunity.

"I am shaped by parents who believed in me, teachers who challenged me, and a public school system that gave me the opportunity to dream beyond my circumstances."

Her story is a reminder that the true value of public schools extends far beyond textbooks and examinations. With the right infrastructure and support, they cultivate resilience, ambition, discipline, leadership, and a sense of possibility. They provide the foundation upon which individuals build their futures and nations build their progress.

Public education remains one of Botswana’s greatest equalisers. Regardless of where a child is born, their family’s income, or their social background, public schools create opportunities, unlock potential, and open pathways to success. They bring together children from all walks of life and remind us that talent, determination, and leadership can emerge from any classroom.

Investing in public schools is therefore an investment in opportunity, social mobility, and the future of our nation.

Public schools built Botswana.

Let's build them back.

Hon. Nono Kgafela-Mokoka is a proud product of Botswana's public school system. From those classrooms, she went on to build a distinguished academic and professional career spanning more than 29 years in the education sector.

Today, as Minister of Child Welfare and Basic Education, she has become one of the leading voices calling for an urgent transformation of Botswana's education system. Her vision is clear: education should not be viewed as a single phase of life, but as a continuous journey that equips every citizen with the skills, knowledge, and adaptability required for lifelong learning.

This vision recognizes that the future of Botswana depends not only on what learners know today, but on their ability to continue learning, innovating, and thriving throughout their lives.

It is this commitment to transforming educational outcomes and creating learning environments fit for the future, that led to the establishment of the EIMC.

As Hon. Kgafela-Mokoka reminds us, every leader, teacher, nurse, farmer, entrepreneur, and public servant began in a classroom.

Public schools built Botswana.

Let's build them back.

EIMC welcomes Cassandra Sosome as Manager - Legal.

We are pleased to welcome Cassandra to the Education Infrastructure and Management Company (EIMC) team.

Cassandra brings over 7 years of experience in public law and government legal services, having served in senior legal roles at the Attorney General's Chambers. Her expertise spans international commercial affairs, legislative drafting, contract management, litigation, stakeholder engagement, and legal advisory services across government.

An admitted attorney of the courts of Botswana and a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand, Cassandra joins EIMC at an exciting time as we work to deliver safe, modern, and sustainable learning environments for Botswana's learners.

Please join us in welcoming Cassandra to the EIMC family.
We look forward to the knowledge, professionalism, and leadership she brings to our mission.

I am a proud product of Botswana's public school system.
My journey began at Serule Primary School and continued at Gaborone Secondary School. Like millions of Batswana, the foundation of who I am today was built in a public classroom.

Yet the current state of disrepair in many of our schools can never be mistaken for a source of pride.

Across the country, learners are being taught in dilapidated facilities. Sadly, this reality extends beyond classrooms to the living quarters of teachers and academic staff, many of whom work tirelessly under difficult conditions. Trees are not meant to serve as classrooms.

Nothing would excite me more than seeing properly upgraded schools in every district, village, and community across Botswana. Schools that are safe, dignified, modern, and fit for the dreams they are meant to nurture.

Together, let us aspire to leave a legacy we can all be proud of by building back our public schools.

I have raised my hand to be counted.

I now ask you to raise yours.

In my primary school years, we sat under trees in the chill of winter and the sweltering heat of summer because classrooms were few and resources were scarce. Those humble conditions never diminished the quality of what was poured into us. Today, every skill I possess traces back to those foundations.

That is why modernising our public schools is not merely a project, it is a promise. A promise that every child sitting under a tree today deserves a ceiling above them and a future beyond what they can imagine.

A nation’s greatness is not measured by the schools of its privileged few, but by the quality of education it provides to its most vulnerable many.

Every president, doctor, engineer, entrepreneur, teacher, or leader who could have emerged from a neglected classroom is a loss we all bear as a nation.

Investing in public schools is not charity; it is one of the smartest investments a society can make in itself. That is why this work matters. That is why we cannot wait.

Having attended Tshekedi Primary School in Serowe, Maun Secondary School, and Gaborone Secondary School, Ambassador Dorcas Ana Kgosietsile's journey reflects the promise that public schools create.

From Botswana to the world stage, she has served as Botswana's first resident Ambassador to India, led major institutions, advised businesses, and contributed to national development through her leadership in finance, investment, governance, and diplomacy.
Her story is a reminder that the success of our nation did not begin in boardrooms, embassies, or corporate offices. It began in classrooms.

The public school system has produced leaders, diplomats, entrepreneurs, public servants, and nation-builders who continue to shape Botswana's future.

As Vice Chair of the Education Infrastructure and Management Company (EIMC), Ambassador Kgosietsile joins a growing call to invest in the spaces where Botswana's future leaders take their first steps.

Public schools built Botswana. Now it is our turn to reignite and ensure lasting impactful legacy, to reaffirm sustained socio-economic growth that spins from a conducive learning environment.