New HRDC committees a welcome development

The Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) announced the establishment of five more sector committees in addition to the existing seven this week .

The new committees are; Transport and Logistics, Research and Innovation, Science and Technology, Education and Training, Public Sector, and Manufacturing.  The mandate for these committees will be to define the skills required for each sector and advise training institutions to respond accordingly.  It is our view that the committees will advise government on the skills needed, and whether to open borders to import skilled expatriates for skills transfer.

It is our wish that the committees be empowered and capacitated to identify raw talent at secondary schools.

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Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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