GTC students left in the lurch

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Over 100 Gaborone Technical College students are left in the lurch, as their study programmes have taken longer than the stipulated duration.

Three programmes have been adversely affected by the repeated course extensions namely Diploma in Hospitality Management, Diploma in Travel Management and Diploma in Culinary Arts in the process frustrating the student community some of whom enrolled in the courses while already absorbed in the job market.

The Student Representative Council (SRC) bemoan no sense of urgency from management and the ministry in addressing student concerns despite numerous attempts to have the situation normalised. Numerous correspondences have been made between the student community and authorities since 2016 when the piloting batch for the above programmes was supposed to graduate.

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