Staff Profiles

• BTEC National Diploma in Geographical Information  Systems, 1997, Kingston College, London, United Kingdom
• Certificate in Cartography and Draughting, 1993, Gaborone, Botswana
• Certificate in Surveying and Levelling, 1993, Tswelelopele Brigades, Ramotswa

Modisa was born in Gaborone and attended Primary and Secondary School in Gaborone. He went for his National Service in Ramotswa. On completion of National Service he joined the Department of Town and Regional Planning a Trainee. 

He joined the University of Botswana in 2001 as a Cartographer in the Geology Department, Faculty of Science. He then joined the History Department in 2003. He has previously worked as a G.I.S Specialist at Wellfield Consulting Services, a locally based Water Resources Engineering Consulting Firm (1999-2001) and at the Department Town and Regional Planning  in the then Ministry of Local Government Lands and Housing (1994-1999).

He has attended workshops organised by the EDDI Project in

• Spatial Analysis (Creating & Managing the Geodatabase,  
• Introduction to ARCGIS I
• Introduction to GIS II
• GIS and Remote Sensing as applied to Geology and Hydrogeology

He has also attended on

• Dynamic  Knowledgebase and Dynamic Maps

a Training Workshop organised by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, Harare, Zimbabwe

Mechanical Engineering - Plant

MA (Development Economics), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Postgraduate Diploma (Economics), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

BA (Economics and Accounting), University of Botswana.

Ms Seemule joined the University of Botswana in October 1992 as a Staff Development Fellow. She teaches Undergraduate Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Development Economics, Money and Banking.She has supervised several Undergraduate single major students projects and several MA dissertations.

Microeconomics

Macroeconomics

Development Economics

Money and Banking

Monetary Economics

Development Economics

Poverty and Inequality issues

Gender and development

Pension funds issues

Informal sector issues

Monetary Economics

Development Economics

1. Seemule, M. 2017, Sinha, N & Ndlovu, T. Determinants of Commercial Banks’ Profitability in Botswana: An Empirical Analysis. The IUP Journal of Bank Management, XVI(2): 7 – 28.
2. Sekwati, L. Harvie, C. & Seemule, M. 2016. Policies in Support of Growth Enhancing Entrepreneurial Activity in Botswana. Indian Development Review. An International Journal of Development Economics.14 (1):49 – 67.
3. Bakwena, M & Seemule, M. 2013) Sustaining Natural Resource BoomsL: Are Financial Institutions a Solution? International Journal of Economic Resources.4 (3): 21-33.
4. Sekwati, L. and Seemule, M. (2011). Botswana: A Review of the Budget- Financial Year 2011/12, African Growth Agenda, April/June 2011.
5. Morewagae B.S., Rempel, H and Seemule,M. Access to Credit for Non-Formal Micro-Enterprises in Botswana. 1995.The Journal of Development Studies.31(3).481 -504.
    

Master of Education (Primary Education)

Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)

Miss Grace Seetso is a female lecturer in the Department of Primary Education, at the University of Botswana. She holds a Master of Education-Primary Education (2004) and a Bachelor of Education-Primary Education (2004) with specialisation in Early Childhood Education, both from the University of Botswana. She is teaches Early Childhood Education to undergraduate students. She joined the university in 2012

Prior to joining the University of Botswana in 2002, she had served as an Early Childhood Education specialist in different environments including, part-time teaching assistant and tutor in distance education at the University of Botswana;  tutor at Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning, part time tutor for Diploma in Education Education-Primary Education-(Distance Education), Principal Education Officer II-Pre School  at the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (2007 to 20012), Senior Lecturer II at  Francistown College of Education (2005 to 2007), and Head of Department-Infant at Batlokwa National School. She also worked as a teacher at Lejwana Primary School from 1989 to 1995.

Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Education

Seetso, G. T., Batsalelwang, K. J. P., Bulawa, P. & Shirley Kekana. (2020). Investigating Gender a     Disparity  Between female and MaleHeads of Department(Infant) in Primary Schools of Botswana. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP) 10(01) (ISSN: 2250-3153), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.10.01.2020.p9752

Kasule, D., Silo, N. & Seetso, G. T. (2017). Teachers’ Voices on School Toilet Sanitation. International Journal of Scientific Research in Education, Vol. 10(5), 10(5), 520-532.

Bose, K., & Seetso, G. (2016). Science and mathematics teaching through local games in preschools of Botswana. South African Journal of Childhood Education. Vol 6 (2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajce.v6i2.453.

Bose, K., and Seetso, G. (2014). Teaching of Science and Mathematics Through Local Games of Botswana: A Case of Preschool Teacher Empowerment. University of Botswana, Gaborone.  

PhD, MA Conservation, PgDip Conservation, BSc Chemistry 

Dr Thatayaone Segaetsho is a Conservator (April 2008 – Current) in the University of Botswana Library Services. He is the Chairperson of the Disaster Management Committee of the University of Botswana Library, Chairperson of the Botswana National Committee of International Council of Museums (ICOM Botswana), and Secretary for University of Botswana Sustainable Development Goals (UB SDG HUB). Dr Segaetsho is currently responsible for running a Preservation programme established in 2010 under Special Collections Unit in the UB-Library. Given the financial crises this days, the preservation programme has strategically adopted a cost effective route which mainly focus on preventive measures such as Integrated Pest Management system, care and handling, environmental control, binding, security, health and safety, particulates control, air pollution, light, mould, conservation Research etc.  Dr Segaetsho have also worked at Imperial War Museum, Conservation department, London-UK (January-April 2012), Victoria and Albert’s Museum, Conservation Department, London –UK (April- May 2012), City of Westminster Archives Centre, London (April-June 2011) on which he all worked as a Volunteer Conservator. He also worked at University of Botswana, Chemistry Department (August 2007 - April 2008) as a Demonstrator/Teaching Assistant.

Preservation, Conservation, Digital Preservation 

Preventive conservation / Preservation management, Conservation, Digital preservation 

1. Segaetsho, T., & Moloi, J. (2019). Integration of Digital Preservation Knowledge, Skills and Competencies in the Teaching Curricula of Library and Information Studies at the University of Botswana. Mousaion, 37(01).
2. Segaetsho, T (2018) A handbook of research on heritage management and preservation, Editor Patric Ngulube, Chapter 10, Environmental considerations in the preservation of paper materials in the eastern and South African Region, IGI Global Publishers,  
3. Segaetsho, T. (2015). An integrated pest management program as a pests control strategy at the University of Botswana Library, Journal of the South African Society of Archivist, 48: 107-127.
4. Segaetsho, T. (2014). Preservation Risk Assessment Survey of the University of Botswana Library, Afr. J. Lib. Arch. & Inf. Sc. 24 (2):175-186.
5. Segaetsho, T., and Mnjama, N. (2012). Preservation of library materials at the University of Botswana Library, Journal of the South African Society of Archivists, 45: 68