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Minister Molale

other seminars have generated should be personalised and
recommendations on how the adaptive, should be delivered
engineering fraternity - and other built through digital technologies etc.)
environment professions - can embrace
the Fourth Industrial Revolution so as • Corruption must be uprooted in
to deliver engineering projects in a cost all its facets from our systems
effective manner. Key among these especially at procurement stage;
recommendations are:
• Engineers must incorporate
Organizations should adopt innovative sustainable development
project based business models in principles into their practice
order to attain transformation from by developing processes that
onorable Minister Molale the old to the new. Employees at all reduce waste, promote use of
from the Ministry of levels should be skilled in programme renewable resources, process
HInfrastructure and Housing and project management techniques natural resources efficiently with
Development during his keynote especially the agile project management little or no waste, and reuse and
address highlighted the success of methodology; recycle resources as part of the
the previous engineers forum2019 • Educational institutions should Value Chain Development under
and how it brought about various experiment with new and innovative the Reset Agenda;
recommendations. A run down of instructional methodologies and
how these forums came about was offer courses in new areas such as • Use of Renewable Energy
also elaborated in his address. robotics and Artificial Intelligence Technologies (RETs) as an
(AI); alternative to fossil fuels;
“The Engineers Registration Board
instituted a survey in 2017 and its • Current engineering skills set • Adoption of STEM – Science,
findings culminated in the Engineers are not relevant to fully adopt Technology, Engineering and
Registration Board’s Marketing 4IR and engineers should be Mathematics - as an alternative
Strategy 2017 – 2020. One of upskilled and reskilled. Therefore, educational methodology to
the objectives of that strategy is current engineering curricula prepare learners for the Fourth
to enhance the reputation of and pedagogical methodologies Industrial Revolution;
the engineering profession in should be overhauled to
Botswana, and hosting this Forum generate 4IR relevant skills • Adoption of precision farming to
satisfies this strategic objective. The (agility, cultural awareness, increase food production. This
other objectives were related to robotics, AI, collaboration in calls for integration of robotics
registration and using appropriate multidisciplinary teams, EQ, STEM, and big data;
platforms for communicating with arts, entrepreneurship etc.) and
Graduate engineers.” to explore innovative training • Employer Terms of Reference

pathways (experiential learning, should be detailed in line
The Engineers Forum and various
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