Botswana Human Resource Development Council bemoans mismatch in skills training
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Established in 2009 with the aim of harnessing the national full human resource capacity, the Botswana Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) bemoans mismatch in the country’s skills training.
Speaking at a press briefing in the capital, Gaborone, on Wednesday, Dr. Ella Matshediso, Director of Human Resource Development Planning Supply (HRDCP), said there has been a mismatch in the training of skills in the country.
“We have been training more in some areas and less in other areas. Some of the areas where we trained more are the areas that really did not need the number of the skilled people we trained,” said Matshediso.
She added with that they have trained many people in hotel hospitality management and Information Technology (IT) who have no jobs and there are no companies to employ them.
Matshediso was briefing the media on the oncoming Botswana Human Resource Development Skills (BHRDS) Fair and Career clinics. The skills fair and career clinics, which will be held in three towns, are a strategic stakeholder engagement activity aimed at promoting the training and education sector.
“The Botswana Human Resource Development Skills (BHRDS) Fair was introduced by the Tertiary Education Council (TEC) and its partners in March 2010 as an annual event. This noble event brings together various stakeholders among them, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Sector Committee, Botswana Qualification Authority (BQA), registered Education and Training Providers (ETPs), current and prospective learners, institutions outside Botswana, government development, financial institutions (banks), private and business sector,” she said.
She added that the three career clinics have their central goal of creating maximum awareness as well as well as educating the stakeholders and the public on how Fair and Career Guidance Clinics contribute towards the growth of the education and training sector in Botswana.
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