BQA caught in the crossfire

The HRDC revealed this at a workshop it hosted for training providers at Marang Hotel on Tuesday.  The objectives of the workshop were to articulate accreditation requirements, discuss the quality of the training interventions and discuss responsibilities of the training providers during training interventions. Some training providers accused their counterparts of being in the habit of awarding certificates to workers who have not completed courses they attended.

In some instances, they said some trainers would award certificates to people who attended two days of a course that took four days to complete. An accredited first aid practitioner said he even registered his complaint to Botswana Qualifications Authority (BQA) about such trainers but his plea fell on deaf ears. BQA’s main objectives are to provide for and maintain a National Credit and Qualifications Framework (NCQF) and to co-ordinate the education, training and skills development quality assurance system.