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GUC loses fight for recognition of engineering graduates

GUC PIC: MORERI SEJKGOMO
GUC PIC: MORERI SEJKGOMO

The Gaborone Universal College of Law (GUC) has lost a legal battle in which it sought to have its engineering graduates recognised by the Engineers Registration Board (ERB).

The college lost the case on Friday despite being a Botswana Qualifications Authority (BQA) accredited course.

GUC had dragged ERB and its chairperson before court arguing that the decision of the board of not recognising the college’s degree, Bachelor of Technology in Construction and Engineering, as not furnishing sufficient evidence of adequate academic training in engineering, was wrong and needed to be reviewed and set aside.

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