The Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology Pays Courtesy Visit to HRDC

The Minister of Tertiary Education, Science, Research and Technology, Honourable Dr Alfred Madigele paid a courtesy visit to ‘meet and greet’ the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) leadership and staff. This introductory meeting was held on the 7th November 2016 at the HRDC Conference room.

Before meeting all HRDC staff members, the Honourable Minister and his entourage met with the HRDC’s Executive Management where the management briefed the Minister on the Council’s business and its projects.

This meeting came at the right time as HRDC staff had to be introduced to its new leadership under the new Ministry. In his welcome remarks, the Chief Executive Officer of HRDC Dr. Raphael Dingalo introduced the Honourable Minister Madigele to HRDC Staff and indicated his gratitude to the Minister for seeing it imperative in his busy schedule to visit and greet HRDC Staff.

Dr. Dingalo assured the Minister that the HRDC staff is committed to carrying out their work diligently and are looking forward to working with the Honourable Minister in propelling the Ministry to greater heights.

In his remarks, Honourable Dr Alfred Madigele emphasised that he is indeed looking forward to working together with the Council in transforming Botswana to its aspired knowledge based economy.

“My Ministry is the ministry of the future. With more dedication, we will be able to produce qualified graduates. HRDC has to interlink with all stakeholders to ensure we produce a qualified workforce with good ethic,” added Dr. Madigele.

Dr. Madigele also noted that he is impressed with HRDC’s strategic partnerships with other organisations such as Botswana Unified Revenue Services (BURS), Statistics Botswana (SB) and other industries, which are some of the collaborations that the Ministry needs to be more effective thereby improving service delivery.

The ‘meet and greet’ meeting, culminated in the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Science, Research and Technology, Dr. Theophelius Mooko echoing that his Ministry is looking forward to working with HRDC in implementing the National Development Plan (NDP 11). He further encouraged HRDC Staff to be innovative in their service delivery and advised them to move to a paperless society.

“The Ministry is aware of the challenges faced by HRDC and will offer the necessary support to ensure work on the mandate is realised, Dr. Mooko concluded.