Editing Gaborone (section)

==Education==
[[File:St. Joseph's College students.JPG|thumb|left|St. Joseph's College students]]
{{main|List of schools in Botswana}}
There are more people who have earned a degree or postgraduate qualifications in Gaborone than anywhere else in Botswana. 70.9% of the population of Gaborone have earned at least a secondary-level education<ref name=demo /> 2.6% of the population of Gaborone has never attended school.<ref name=BAIS>{{cite web|title=2008 Botswana AIDS Impact Survey III |url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/templates/cso/file/File/aids%20impact%20survey.pdf |work=BAIS |publisher=Central Statistics Office |access-date=25 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904061358/http://www.cso.gov.bw/templates/cso/file/File/aids%20impact%20survey.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2015 |location=Gaborone |date=November 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Gaborone has many primary and secondary schools, both public and private. These include [[Westwood International School]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.westwoodis.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231212237/http://www.westwoodis.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-12-31|title=Westwood International School|website=www.westwoodis.com|access-date=2016-06-17}}</ref> [[Maru a Pula School|Maru-a-Pula School]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maruapula.org/|title=Home - Maru-a-Pula School|website=Maru-a-Pula School|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512235657/http://www.maruapula.org/|archive-date=12 May 2016}}</ref> [[St. Joseph's College, Kgale]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.localbotswana.com/company/12397/ST_JOSEPHS_COLLEGE|title=ST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE|website=LocalBotswana|access-date=2016-06-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701070249/http://www.localbotswana.com/company/12397/ST_JOSEPHS_COLLEGE|archive-date=1 July 2016}}</ref> Legae Academy,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legaeacademy.co.bw/|title=Home|website=www.legaeacademy.co.bw|access-date=2016-06-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729203756/http://www.legaeacademy.co.bw/|archive-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> Northside Primary School, Thornhill Primary School and Hillcrest International School. Seventeen of the sixty private schools in Botswana are located in Gaborone.<ref>{{cite web|title=Education Statistics 2011 |url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/templates/cso/file/File/Educ%20Stats%20Brief%20Dec%2020%202011..pdf |work=Statistics Botswana |publisher=Central Statistics Office |access-date=25 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904061358/http://www.cso.gov.bw/templates/cso/file/File/Educ%20Stats%20Brief%20Dec%2020%202011..pdf |archive-date=4 September 2015 |location=Gaborone |page=1 |date=December 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The main campus of the [[University of Botswana]] (which was established in 1982)<ref name=seth/> is on the eastern extent of the city.<ref name=map/>

In addition there are other universities or institutions of higher education that cater to specialized study and instruction.
* [[Limkokwing University Of Creative Technology]] (which also has a campus in Gaborone)
* [[Botswana Accountancy College]] (which caters to both accounting and IT students)
* [[Botswana Institute of Administration and Commerce]]<ref>{{cite web |title=General Information |url=http://www.biac.gov.bw/page29.html |archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20050409000000/http://www.biac.gov.bw/page29.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-04-09 |website=gov.bw via [[Wikiwix]] |accessdate=2023-10-13}}</ref>
* [[Botswana Open University]] (offering long-distance learning)
* Gaborone Technical College
* Boitekanelo College
* Botho University (which offers courses ranging from computing, accounting and finance, business, engineering and health information management)
* Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, situated approximately {{convert|15|km|mi}} from the city centre<ref>{{citation |title=BCA becomes university |date=12 November 2013 |work=Daily News |url=http://www.dailynews.gov.bw/news-details.php?nid=7018 |location=Gaborone, Botswana |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701184051/http://www.dailynews.gov.bw/news-details.php?nid=7018 |archive-date=1 July 2016 |access-date=4 April 2016 }}</ref>

Further, in year 2006, the Gaborone Universal College of Law, opened its main campus in Gaborone,<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.guc.co.bw/guc-aboutus.html |publisher=Gaborone Universal College of Law |access-date=9 October 2010 |location=Gaborone, Botswana |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128201650/http://www.guc.co.bw/guc-aboutus.html |archive-date=28 January 2011 }}</ref> with its first group of students graduating in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mokgoabone |first=Kabo |title=Gaborone University College of Law holds 2010 graduation |url=http://www.sundaystandard.info/article.php?NewsID=8767&GroupID=1 |access-date=9 October 2010 |newspaper=Sunday Standard |date=6 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722000420/http://www.sundaystandard.info/article.php?NewsID=8767&GroupID=1 |archive-date=22 July 2011 }}</ref>