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BCP ON LEPOKOLE-BOROTSI BY-ELECTION VICTORY The BCP is heartened by Saturday 9th December 2023 results where it won the Borotsi - Lepokole ward in Bobirwa constituency with huge margins. The emphatic win was announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the 9th December 2023 following a poll on the same day. The Final Results show the BCP leading comfortably with 860 against ๐๐ƒ๐'๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’ and ๐”๐ƒ๐‚'๐’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”. A total of 18 ballots were spoiled.Congratulations to Hon. Moalosi Afa. We wish him well in his new tour of duty. We also congratulate our Vice President and MP for Bobirwa Hon. Taolo Lucas, the campaigns manager, Hon. Councillor Koketso Moja and all the BCP cadres in the Bobirwa Constituency for leading the way. We congratulate other activists of the BCP from beyond the ward and constituency for their hard work and for this resounding victory for the ๐๐‚๐, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ.The results also mark a turning point in the history of our country as they ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‚๐'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ, ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎr ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž. ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฃ๐จ๐›๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐.Batswana are tired of broken promises and are determined to eject BDP in 2024 and replace it with the BCP - KGOLOLO YA SECHABA. No amount of cheating or corrupt practices by the monied who think our people are purchasable should stop the winds of change that are blowing in our country. To those who want to exploit our people by giving them money to influence them to decide against a prosperous future for their children, we assure them that their approach will end in tears. Of course, our people need food parcels and money that our opponents offer them. Our message is; ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ; ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐‚๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’. To all patriotic citizens, we need your votes in large numbers to form a new government for a new and better Botswana in 2024.As the BCP marches on we will, in the next 6 days (starting on Tuesday the 12th of December 2023) roll out a series of offerings and activities that will leave no one in doubt that ๐๐‚๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š.We will announce our candidates who just emerged victorious in party primaries and also launch a summary of our signature manifesto promises. These activities and offerings are a befitting celebration of the Borotsi - Lepokole victory. We are humbled by this victory which has invigorated our people to work even harder to save our country from the ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ and to save our country from the debilitating corruption, poor governance and those intent on selling our country to the highest bidder. We urge our people to continue to work hard and leave nothing to chance. Please talk to your families, friends and relatives this festive season. We need to build an unbreakable covenant as already shown by the people at Borotsi - Lepokole. Through this victory we hope Batswana will be disabused, once and for all of the false narrative being peddled by doomsayers and apologists of the moribund and corrupt BDP regime that โ€œthere is still no alternativeโ€. 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Global trends and/or academic rating systems for the attainment of the Professoriate rank have varied over time often necessitating revisions to align with the changing tertiary education landscape.

However, the Sunday Standard article of March 12-18, 2023, which purports that more than 70% of UB professors are bogus and do not meet international standards based solely on the Scopus database, is greatly far-fetched.

Notwithstanding the above, it should be noted that the University of Botswana is a comprehensive university currently going through a process of transformation from a predominantly teaching and learning to a research-intensive institution. The transformation will inevitably create gaps and general disconnects within the academia. Nevertheless, this should not in any way be construed to imply that UB professors are generally bogus. It is in that regard that through its transformation strategy, the university strives for realignment to internationally recognized standards and will continue to review its criteria in line with prevailing global trends.

Invariably, the University of Botswana has and continues to be recognized as a globally reputable institution. The university has put in place robust promotion criteria to the level of Associate Professor and subsequently to that of Professor for its staff members. The process for promotion is constantly reviewed by five external examiners which further attests to a stringent promotion system. Considerations for promotion within UB include research leading to published refereed journal articles appearing in internationally recognized databases such Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Embase to name a few. The span of publications should reflect both the national and international readership. A research profile outlining sustained activity, impact, and output at each career stage is also required.

The promotion system has in part contributed to the University of Botswana being ranked among internationally recognized institutions of higher learning and research centers. It is against this background that, for example, the University has since 1990 continued to be redesignated the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre (WHOCC) for Nursing and Midwifery Development for the English-Speaking African Countries owing to its strong scholarly work by its staff members.

To date, the University of Botswana is ranked among the Top 30 universities in Africa, as per the Times High Education (THE) rankings. THE ranks universities in accordance with international academic benchmarks. The UB citation impact has risen from 26 percent to 40 percent over the last 12 months. Only universities that publish more than 1000 research papers in Scopus indexed journals over a period of five years are eligible for inclusion in the Times High Education rankings.

The constant upsurge in citation, nevertheless, points significantly to the caliber of the professors within the university that they are of international standards. It is very disappointing that the Sunday Standard chose to cast aspersions on the caliber of the University of Botswana professors based solely on the Scopus database and h-index while ignoring the fact that such instruments cannot be used in isolation to determine whether one is an internationally qualified professor.

Further, it should be noted that for the Sunday Standard to make such allegations about UB academics based on the h-index and Scopus data analysis as the only yardstick for a reputable professor, is to say the least, misdirected. The h-index and Scopus data should not be the only Metrix used while inadvertently or otherwise ignoring other databases. Consequently, for Sunday Standard to discredit UB Professors based on just one model of assessment is very unfortunate and disappointing.

The University wishes, therefore, to categorically place on record that although it is in the public domain for anyone to ascertain the academic standing of any professor. The h-index and journal articles referred to in the Scopus data are not the only criteria for measuring if oneโ€™s academic rating is of international standard. Books, Book Chapters, Conference Proceedings, attracting research funding, outstanding teaching, rendering excellent service to the profession, and both the national and international community are some of the prerequisites for oneโ€™s contribution to be recognized as scholarly work and for admission into the professoriate ranks.

To that end, the university calls on the media and members of the public to report any academic fraud so that it is fully investigated by the university and other relevant public authorities.

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