Tertiary roadshows begin today
In effort to take services much closer to aspiring students, local higher learning institutions will today begin the annual Botswana Tertiary Institutions National Roadshows.
This year’s national roadshow will be marking its 10th anniversary and it has attracted 25 institutions, making it the largest number of exhibitors for the show. This is also a considerable increase from last year’s 18 and it is held under the theme, ‘Promoting a seamless partnership in tertiary education’.
The roadshow will visit Shakawe, Kasane, Gantsi, Nata, Tutume, Masunga, Francistown, Tsabong, Jwaneng, Letlhakane, Kanye, Serowe, Lobatse, Molepolole, Bobonong, Mahalapye, Selibe-Phikwe and Palapye.
Speaking at the roadshows’ launch held at Boitekanelo College campus on Friday, Botswana Tertiary Institutions National Roadshows chairperson, Chris Moiketsi said the collaboration echoes the institutions’ commitment of providing access to education.
He said the roadshows provide equal opportunities to widely spread applicants. Moiketsi further said the roadshows also highlight the level of maturity of higher learning institutions in Botswana, instead of engaging in competition they opted to collaborate and partner. “We have seen growth and improvement in the last two years with ETPs (Education and Training Providers) developing and accrediting market driven programmes which do not only ready our graduates for the local market, but to become global citizens with sound entrepreneurial skills,” Moiketsi said.
“We are confident in the programmes we are selling to the applicants; we ensure that we sell them quality programmes that are of high standard. I must emphasise that not all institutions have physical presence outside Gaborone and Francistown hence it is important to ensure that over and above our individual online application platforms, we also reach out to the applicants wherever they are.”
He said the roadshows will aid aspiring applicants in areas where there is no or limited Internet connection. The roadwhows are to be launched this morning in Maun at Botswana Open University Grounds. The initiative will run from today until May 8. The exhibitors include Boitekanelo College, IDM, New Era College of Science and Technology, Botho University, Gaborone University College of Law & Professional Studies (GUC), Botswana Accountancy College, and DDT College of Medicine.
The list also includes BIUST, BUAN, Kitso International College, Gaborone College of Culinary Arts, Institute of Health Sciences (IHS), BOSWA, Logan University College, CIMA, Imperial School of Business, Mega Size College, Bosa Bosele Training College, GIPS, ABM, BAISAGO University, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, and Arthur Portland College. The exhibitors will also donate sanitary towels to six selected primary schools around the country.