LCIBS launches Botswana Ecospace
Cavin Kanoko | Friday July 17, 2020 11:24
The campus is located on the second floor of the Barclays building in Gaborone.
Sir Isaac Pitman, who was responding to the growing needs of business minded leaders, founded the London College of International Business Studies back in the 1870s.
Speaking at the launch recently, Kaelo Sabone said that they received their accreditation from the Botswana Qualifications Authority (BQA) and the campus is now working on marketing the college’s accredited courses in order to reach out to prospective students.
He said they currently offer three-degree programmes and a certificate programme with plans to expand the programs offered in future and he also pointed out that the courses are not very expensive to allow everyone to enroll into their world-class business programmes. “As a growing institution, we are establishing long-term relationships with educational partners who have a reputation of excellence and match our global aspirations. We believe in placing students at the heart of everything we do, our partnerships share our values and join us in the creation of a global platform for knowledge exchange and transfer.”
Sabone told members of the media. He also said that they have several centres known as EcoSpaces across Africa including facilities in the Botswana campus and Ghana with another one coming soon in Uganda something that he highlighted will enable the college’s mission to deliver high-quality education and training that will make a proactive difference to both the individual student’s life, their wider communities and national economies.
With the college blended learning approach he said they seek to cater for students in the 21st century who live in the age of technological advancement and it encompasses use of both face-to-face learning and online learning to give a seamless learning environment. The EcoSpace is equipped with state of the art technology that enables classes to be streamed live to the college’s online portal, which can be accessed by students from wherever they are.
Sabone pointed out that the system of teaching that they use would allow for local students to collaborate on projects with other students from the London campus and also allow them content from facilitators across the college campuses. He also spoke to the relevance of the university in the advent of the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19), the restrictions and the need to evolve in order to adapt to the new normal brought by the pandemic.
The college has an online library that students can be accessed at their convenience to carry out their research.
Sabone said students receive a laptop and a three-year data plan upon enrolment in order to ensure that they can utilise the facilities provided by the college during their studies.