The Bootcamp Question: Who It Works For and Who It Doesn’t
Bootcamps are neither a scam nor a shortcut. They sell structure and a deadline, which is worth a lot to some people and nothing to others.
Education
Understanding degrees, institutions and credentials.
What each qualification is worth, to whom, and what the sponsorship system actually funds. Botswana produced 14,733 graduates in 2024 and spends about 7.1% of GDP on education — among the highest in the region — while government's own budget speech records that outcomes have not kept pace.
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Botswana Produced 14,733 Graduates in a Year
Tertiary institutions turned out 14,733 graduates in 2024. Unemployed graduates reached 70,512, up 46.7% on the end of 2019.
The “4.6 Months” Every Article Quotes Is From 2008
The figure comes from one faculty at one university, surveying people who graduated as early as 1986, and only those who found work.
Botswana Got Online. Computer Use Went Down.
Household internet access reached 68.9% in 2024 while computer use fell from 41.4% to 32.2%. That changes how you can learn to code.
The Degree Is Losing Its Power. What Replaces It?
A degree here still opens doors, but fewer of them, and more slowly. What is replacing it is not a certificate. It is evidence.
How Government Sponsorship Decides What You Study
Botswana does not run a student loan board. What you owe depends on the field you choose, and the state cannot say what it is owed in total.
Nobody Can Produce the Study Behind “Half of Graduates Are Unemployable”
The claim is cited to two government studies. One has no bibliographic record anywhere. The other’s only public copy has gone.