Diploma in Public Administration and Management

Gaborone Commercial College of Higher Studies · Gaborone

About this programme

Focuses on the structures, policy, finance and service delivery of government and public institutions. Graduates work in the public service, local authorities and parastatals.

Entry requirement

Entry requirement: at least 18 points.

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Programme facts

Qualification	Diploma
Institution	Gaborone Commercial College of Higher Studies
Faculty / school	Business
Duration	3 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

Public Administration Officer Administrative Officer Council Officer Policy Assistant Programme Officer Records Manager Local Government Officer Public Sector Administrator Office Manager Procurement Officer

Source

Published by https://gcchs.ac.bw/GCCHS_Programme.pdf.

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