Qualitative Improvement in Composition and Letter Writing Proficiency for Primary School Leavers in Botswana: Documenting Perspectives of the Teacher

Abstract

The need to maintain consistent standards from year to year is very important as consistent standards provide an avenue for ensuring that learners receive quality education. Teachers, as main facilitators within the learning teaching environment, are better placed to monitor the quality of education.  The views and opinions of the teachers are important in determining whether there is an improvement, stagnation or deterioration in the general performance of learners over time. The paper therefore attempts to develop a trend analysis of the language proficiency level of primary school candidates in process writing. A sample of 50 teachers was selected from population of over 500 teachers enrolled in the Department of Primary Education for 2012 -2013 academic year. Both quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods were used to answer the research questions.