Botswana Accountancy College

The Botswana Accountancy College, or BAC, is a business school headquartered in the city of Gaborone, Botswana. Initially funded and established through a joint venture between The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning and Debswana, the college caters for the accountancy and IT tertiary needs of the country.[1] BAC has two main campuses; the main campus being located in Gaborone, and the secondary one in Francistown. The college has collaborations with The University of Derby and The University of Sunderland in England.

Botswana Accountancy College
MottoDare to Explore
TypePublic
Established1996
ChancellorSerty Leburu
Administrative staff
61 fulltime 11 part-time
Students+2,500
Location
Gaborone, Francistown
,
Botswana
CampusUrban
Websitewww.bac.ac.bw

History

The college was established in 1996 as joint venture between the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), The Debswana Diamond Company and the Botswana Institute of Accountants, enrolling 349 ACCA, CIMA, AAT and NCC diploma students. The objectives of the college were to reduce the reliance on expatriate accountants and in the long term to be a self-funding project. BAC is a company limited by guarantee with three sponsors as the shareholders. The MFDP and Debswana funded BAC until 2007. The Gaborone Campus is located in the Fairground Office Park of south-east Gaborone.[2]

Facilities

Within Gaborone, BAC operates from three closely linked campuses.:[3]

  • Main Campus,
  • BIFM (Fairgrounds Office Park Block D building) 2nd Floor across the road from the main campus,
  • Fairgrounds Financial Centre, located within the Fairgrounds location.

Accommodation

BAC can accommodate 112 residential students at the main campus in Gaborone. There are three residential blocks to accommodate the students, named after Botswana's revolutionary leaders; Khama, Bathoen I, and Sechele.

Student life

BAC offers extra-curricular societies and clubs to students:

  • The Business Hive was founded in August 2011. It is an entrepreneurship and finance fraternity to allow students to sample the corporate world during their tenure at BAC through workshops, training and competitions with Botswana entrepreneurs, mentors and finance professionals.[4]
  • The Debate Society was founded in January 2011. The students have represented BAC across southern Africa in debating tournaments, as well as Berlin, Germany for the World Universities Debating Championship.
  • BAC Rugby team

Stakeholders

Stakeholders in BAC include::

  • Ministry of Finance,
  • Ministry of Education,
  • Debswana,
  • Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants,
  • Tertiary Education Council.

Partners

Sheffield Hallam University

References
  1. "BAC | The Botswana Business School". www.bac.ac.bw. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  2. "History of Botswana Accountancy College". Botswana Accountancy College. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. "BAC's Facilities Archived 2013-01-25 at the Wayback Machine."
  4. "The Business Hive." BAC's acknowledgement of the initiative's launch.

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