Dr Letsholathebe told Parliament this week that Botswana is equally affected by the world labour market trends in the modern times as technological evolution continues to change from time to time, hence the need for the necessary skills. Giving the forecast skills critical to the growth of the economy across various sectors, the minister stated that the skills that they deem to be in need are in alignment with the Human Resource Development Council’s (HRDC) input. “For the next five years therefore, 2024-2028 the following skills which are high in demand in different sectors forecast include; veterinarians, manufacturing, mining, and distribution managers, architects, planners, surveyors and designers, nursing and midwifery professionals, legal professionals, medical doctors, process control technicians, travel attendants, conductors, and guides, primary school and early childhood teachers, blacksmiths, tool makers and related trade workers, hotel and restaurant managers, textile, fur and leather products machine operators, physical and earth science professionals, aircraft controllers and technicians, retail and wholesale trade managers, database and network professionals, university lecturers and higher education teachers, telecommunications and broadcasting technicians, veterinary technicians and assistants and metal processing and finishing plant operators,” he revealed. Additionally, the minister said in order to improve service delivery and productivity levels across different sectors, which is what people continue to complain about, the country needs to go the digital way. “The country needs the following future skills and future jobs more especially the digital skills in order to improve efficiency.
These are skills in; robotics and automation, machine learning, artificial intelligence, fin-tech specialists, data engineering, mobile technologies, cloud computing, content creation, social media management and ethical hacking,” Letsholathebe added.
