Botswana Scholars was founded by Dr Goitseone Lucy Hopkins. Lucy completed her PhD at the School of Medicine at Cardiff University. In 2018, Lucy joined the AccessEd incubator and began work on designing and piloting BW Scholars, a new university access programme in her home country of Botswana. BW Scholars is supported by Botswana International University of Science and Technology.
It does this by recruiting, training and placing postgraduate researchers in Primary, Junior and Senior schools, including Orphanages.
Read the 2019 programme pilot impact report here
The Botswana Scholars Programme is aimed at young people from under-represented backgrounds. All pupils enrolled are pupils that the school has determined meet at least one of the following criteria:
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It gave me an opportunity to engage and inspire young minds… Seeing how motivated the students were and how their confidence grew with time.
The enthusiasm showed by both students and lead teachers and the amazing atmosphere at graduation.