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CTH Level 2 Diploma in Patisserie and Confectionery Skills
BOSWA Culinary Institute of Botswana · Maun
About this programme
A specialist CTH (UK) diploma in pastry, baking and confectionery - doughs, cakes, desserts, chocolate and sugar work - combining classical technique with modern presentation. It equips students for patissier and bakery roles in hotels, restaurants, lodges and independent bakeries.
Entry requirement
Entry requirement: at least 18 points.
Programme facts
| Qualification | CTH Level 2 Diploma |
| Institution | BOSWA Culinary Institute of Botswana |
| Faculty / school | Patisserie & Baking |
| Duration | 2 years |
| Location | Maun |
| Minimum points | 18 |
| Accreditation | BQA Accredited |
| Funding / sponsorship | Department of Tertiary Education Financing (DTEF) - Government of Botswana student financing |
| Demand outlook | HRDC forecasts about 1,446 openings a year in TOURISM & HOSPITALITY (2025). 5,248 graduates in this field were recorded unemployed at 2024Q1, which at that rate is about 3.6 years of hiring to absorb the people already waiting — ACRON’s calculation from two HRDC figures, not an HRDC finding, and it counts only the existing pool. Graduates per opening: 0.59. ISCED "Services" is broader than tourism and hospitality alone, so this ratio is indicative only. These openings are a forecast of need, not posts that are currently being filled. In July 2026 the Directorate of Public Service Management told Parliament's Public Accounts Committee that government "currently do not have the financial capacity to create new vacancies", and that more than 8,000 students now graduate each year while the economy is no longer creating jobs at the same pace. Government policy reserves 80% of entry-level vacancies for new graduates and is achieving about 70%. (Directorate of Public Service Management, evidence to the 62nd sitting of the Public Accounts Committee, reported by Mmegi (July 2026).) This describes the whole field, not this programme alone, and it is not a government waiting list — Botswana publishes no such figure. Source: HRDC Priority Skills Report, March 2025, Table 31 p.41 and Appendix 3 pp.66-76; HRDC Tertiary Education Statistics Report 2024, Table 22. |
Careers this programme leads to
Pastry Chef Patissier Baker Confectioner Cake Decorator Chocolatier Dessert Chef Bakery Supervisor Pastry Commis Bread Baker
Source
Published by https://www.cthawards.com/cth-approved-teaching-centre/botswana-maun-boswa-culinary-institute-of-botswana/.
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