BOTSWANA n = 20 Yes No Partial g) The name and address, telephone number, and the working hours of the respective institution? s h) The contact details of public officials? s i) A mechanism to request and receive a response to electronic messages and requests for information? Additional Information s Total Score: 5/20 CATEGORY 2: REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION The following questions were sent to the Ministry of Education and Skills Development: 1. Which district has performed best in past PSL examinations and which one was the worst? 2. What was the ministry’s budget allocation specifically for primary school education for the past three financial years? 3. How many children have been enrolled back to school through the out of school programme for the past three years? 4. How many of those have sat exams and passed? n = 20 Yes No Additional Information Public Relations Officer s 1. Is there an official designated to take and respond to information requests? (Please state title of officials in ‘Additional Information’) 2. Did the institution reply within 21 days? (If less than 7 please state in ‘Additional Information’) s 3. Did the Institution respond to a request for information? s 4. Does the authority publish their procedures for dealing with information requests? s 5. Did the institution provide all of the information requested? (If partially please mark ‘No’, indicate in ‘Additional Information’ how much of the information requested was supplied) s 6. Did the institution provide written reasons for the refusal of information? (If information was not refused, please contact institution to find out what the policy is in this regard – if they supply written reasons for refusal mark ‘Yes’) s 7. Did the institution disclose information about its operations, budgets, structure etc. s 8. Did the authority provide information without questioning the aims and motivations of the applicant? s 9. Did the institution acknowledge your request for information within 7 days? s 10. Was the information received clear and understandable? s Total Score: 2/20 5. Ministry of Foreign Affairs And International Cooperation CATEGORY 1: WEBSITE http://www.mofaic.gov.bw/ The ministry scored four points in this analysis, putting it in Assessment Group 1. This is an extremely poor website with only superficial content. n = 20 1. Does this website contain up to date information? Yes No Partial s 2. Does the website contain the following: s a) A description of its powers, as well as data on the organisational structure, the functions, and the responsibilities of the administration? b) A list of laws, Acts etc. issued within the scope of its powers? 16 s Additional Information