Frequently Asked Questions

Follow the link of registered qualifications:
https://www.bqa.org.bw/registered-qualifications

This happens when the validation process has identified gaps that would need a year to close. Learners already enrolled on the learning programme when this status is attained would complete and graduate with a recognised qualification. During this period, the ETP would be under close monitoring by BQA to ensure leaner protection. The ETP would not be allowed to enrol new learners on the 
programme until the status changes to either Provisional or Full Accreditation.

BQA works with sector Professional Bodies or regulators when registering qualifications and accrediting learning programmes. Where a professional body exists, BQA enters into an agreement with the professional body so that programmes are validated by the professional body before accreditation. Memoranda of Understanding will be entered into with various professional bodies as BQA rolls out the new Quality Assurance System. This is to ensure that the learning programme meets the sector standards and requirements.

In terms of BQA Act and its regulations, all Education and Training Providers (ETPs), either public or private, are to be registered and accredited with the Authority.
Furthermore, no learning programme can be offered until it has been accredited. The regulations cover all schools, workplaces, consultancies, NGOs etc., that provide education and training at all levels.

Botswana Qualifications Authority registers and accredits training institutions based in Botswana together with the learning programmes they offer.

For qualifications acquired externally to be recognised by BQA, there has to be confirmation that both the training institution and their learning programmes are registered and accredited by Authorities in their respective countries. Applicants must therefore confirm registration and accreditation statuses of such institutions and their respective learning programmes (even those offered online) at their country of origin.

In terms of Regulation 16 of the Botswana Qualifications Authority (Accreditation of Learning Programmes) Regulations, 2016, an Intention to Revoke Accreditation is a first step in the revocation process. The procedure is that once the Authority has issued an Intention to Revoke accreditation, an Education and Training Provider (ETP) is notified in a writing that its learning programme no longer meets accreditation requirements, and the ETP is then given an opportunity to comply 
with the accreditation requirements within the specified time.

In terms of Regulation 16 of the Botswana Qualifications Authority (Accreditation of Learning Programmes) Regulations, 2016, an Intention to Revoke Accreditation is a first step in the revocation process. The procedure is that once the Authority has issued an Intention to Revoke accreditation, an Education and Training Provider (ETP) is notified in a writing that its learning programme no longer meets accreditation requirements, and the ETP is then given an opportunity to comply 
with the accreditation requirements within the specified time.

Evaluation of qualifications is the process of analysing qualifications in terms of their country-of-origin contexts and points of difference and/or similarity in relation to local qualifications and contexts. It is a twin process that includes:

Verification: a process of authenticating the status of awarding body and/or Education and Training Provider and the qualifications offered by them, as well as investigating the authenticity of qualification documentation and verifying that the qualification was awarded an individual.

Comparability: a process which entails comparing external qualifications with NCQF qualifications, considering the structure and outcomes of qualifications; and locating them within the NCQF.

The Authority has an Institutional Audit division whose main role is to promote and ensure compliance in ETP’s through conducting Monitoring Audits and Statutory Audits among others.