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Bachelor of Science in Counselling Psychotherapy
Gaborone Commercial College of Higher Studies · Gaborone
About this programme
A four-year degree in counselling theory and psychotherapeutic practice, covering human development, mental-health assessment, ethics and supervised clinical skills. Graduates are prepared to provide counselling in clinics, schools, NGOs and community settings.
Entry requirement
Entry requirement: at least 18 points.
Programme facts
| Qualification | Bachelor of Science |
| Institution | Gaborone Commercial College of Higher Studies |
| Faculty / school | Health |
| Duration | 4 years |
| Location | Gaborone |
| Minimum points | 18 |
| Accreditation | BQA Accredited |
| Funding / sponsorship | Government Sponsorship Available as a Loan (subject to latest sponsorship lists) |
| Demand outlook | HRDC forecasts about 363 openings a year in SOCIAL SCIENCES (2025). Years of backlog: not shown. Appendix 3 publishes no unemployment sector matching Social Sciences, so no figure is available. Graduates per opening: 1.59. ISCED bundles Journalism and Information with Social Sciences, 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; HRDC Tertiary Education Statistics Report 2024, Table 22. |
Careers this programme leads to
Counsellor Psychotherapist Mental Health Counsellor School Counsellor Substance Abuse Counsellor Family Counsellor Rehabilitation Counsellor Community Mental Health Worker Wellness Officer Guidance Counsellor
Source
Published by https://gcchs.ac.bw/GCCHS_Programme.pdf.
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