The study investigated the teaching of information literacy skills in select Junior Community Secondary Schools (CJSS) situated in the city of Gaborone, Botswana. Data were gathered froma sample of ten teacher librarians via face-to-face interviews with the aid of a five-questioninterview schedule. The key findings of the study were: (1) respondents had varyinginterpretations of. what constituted information literacy skills, (2) a variety of skills were taught under the rubric information literacy skills; (3) by and large, the teaching of information literacy skills was done by teacher-librarians and subject librarians, (4) the main approaches in teachinginformation literacy skills involved library orientation and the use of the English Language Period,and (5) respondents cited the threechallenges, namely, the absence of an office dedicated to school libraries, an exam oriented curriculum and shrinking financial resources.

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