22 Jul 2024

Thabitha English Medium Primary School in Francistown celebrated its annual cultural day on Saturday to showcase various cultures across the globe.

The day was made colourful through display of traditional dishes, song, dance, and poetry, whilst students wore costumes representing different countries and cultures among them Great Britain, Botswana, India, Zimbabwe, DRC, Kenya, Uganda, and China.

According to the school manager, Beji Maseko, the annual event aimed at celebrating culture as it was the heartbeat of every community.

He said humans acquired culture through the learning process of ecultration and socialisation which was shown by the diversity of cultures across the society.

Often, culture is defined as a concept that encompassed the social behaviour as well as arts and beliefs. 

On that basis, Maseko noted that culture served to bind people together through shared traditions, beliefs and customs.

“Therefore, it is imperative for the school to have its own  culture that is essential for both the employee satisfaction, student learning and growth,” he said.

He said a positive school culture promoted professional development and a conducive environment for learning.

Maseko said successful schools were deemed to have a healthy and positive culture.

“If the importance of school culture is disregarded, the school can become a toxic learning place that could fail to achieve its educational goals,” he added.

Director and brain child of the school, Ms Florence Mangina of Nlaphwane said the school wanted to revive and preserve culture, which was an essential element in human life. Ends