Limko To Increase Tertiary Access
The Limkokwing University of Creative Technology says it will continuously play a critical role in the knowledge-based economy by being a conduit for developing and facilitating integration into the wider social and innovation system to grow and develop the economy of Botswana.
In its continued endeavours to providing quality education and positioning itself as the number one market leader in the creative and innovative-driven industry within the tertiary education in Botswana, Limkokwing University announced that for the 2021 Academic New Intake, it will be offering new programmes aimed at assisting self-sponsored students with access to tertiary education.
Speaking to The Monitor, director communications and PR, Mercy Thebe stated that Limkokwing is committed to increasing access to tertiary education for the Botswana youth. She said as a result, the University has found it fitting to give out up to 50% scholarships to selected groups of potential students who were unable to get government sponsorships as well as its graduates who want to upgrade their studies. ‘Additionally, over the years, there has been great demand for a variety of programmes based on the Limkokwing
TVET model in the Botswana market, more especially from the working class hence the decision to introduce new programmes to cater for the demand as per our market research.’
This year the University will be introducing executive tailormade programmes in the form of one-year certificates that cost a once-off P15,000 per annum, short courses as well as part-time programmes.
The programmes run at Limkokwing are innovative, stimulating and designed to better enable graduates to meet the challenges of the new economic world order and transit seamlessly from academia to the world of work.
The University’s TVET model for building human capital is based upon a broad vision of what learning and training should embrace coupled with a practical orientation as envisioned in particular by the fact that students in the Limkokwing programmes are expected to produce practical work rather than simply learning theory in a vacuum. Thebe added that the 50% scholarships, as well as the flexible payment structure they have in place, are the University’s efforts of encouraging Batswana and individual private sponsors to pay for the education of their children at tertiary level.
She further highlighted that while the 50% scholarship will be given to first-year qualifying students who were unable to get government sponsorship, a 30% discount will be given to all self-sponsored students who pay for annual tuition fees or full study fees upfront.
The University continues to offer innovative programmes that shape careers of the future and create the most unique environment that fulfils the creative needs of young people.
An environment that is professionally equipped for 21st-century learning where government, industry and academia collaborate to focus and empower the next generation of creative thinkers through creativity and innovation.