some of the graduates

The Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning (BOCODOL) held its 10th Graduation Ceremony on the 22nd November 2014 at BOCODOL Head Office in Gaborone. The event was held under the theme; “BOCODOL – transforming the tertiary education landscape”. A total of 712 learners were conferred with certificates.

BOCODOL in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) conferred certificates on its Diploma in Business Management and Diploma in Human Resources Management graduands as well as Bachelor of Commerce in HR and Industrial Relations. The College also conferred certificates in Small Scale Business Management (SSBM), Microsoft Office Suite and English for Professional Purposes (EPP) to deserving learners.

Vice President of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi who is also the Minister for Education and Skills Development officiated at the ceremony as the guest speaker and in conferring of grandaunts. Masisi informed grandaunts that education is the key to most, if not all the socio-economic challenges that Botswana has to contend with.

“Botswana is no different from the rest of the developing world. Changes in population size and structure, complex labour-market skills requirements, increasing demand for tertiary education, the prevailing socio-economic imperatives and the ever-increasing global competition, all combine to exert pressure on our national education system to produce graduates of the right quality and quantity,” he said.

The Vice President also congratulated all the grandaunts for staying the course until completion of their study and that with such kind of achievement they have transformed their lives for a better tomorrow.

He praised BOCODOL and its partner, ZOU for having increasing population of life-long learners in the country and having made a reality for many citizens to come aboard the life-long learning journey.