BQA, DDT At Loggerheads Over FD Students

BQA wants the two students reinstated
BQA wants the two students reinstated

The Botswana Qualifications Authority (BQA) is locked in a battle with one of its Education and Training Providers (ETPs) DDT College of Medicine over two students who have been awarded Fail and Discontinue (FD) at the institution.

The two Bachelor of Doctor Assistant students who were due to complete their studies next year reported to the BQA that they had been unfairly treated following a strike that took place at the institution earlier in the year. The two students and others were in February expelled from the College for participating in a strike.

“The students filed a complaint with BQA challenging the decision and BQA investigated only to find that the students should have not been expelled.

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