Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) of Botswana is a Sate Owned Enterprise (SOE) established in 2013 through an Act of Parliament. Its mandate is Planning and Funding for Education and Training in Botswana. It is a semi- autonomous body (parastatal) established under the Ministry of Education and Skills Development. It is amongst others responsible for coordinating the implementation of the National Human Resource Development Strategy (NHRDS), policy advice on education and training, workplace learning, promote internship and apprenticeship, conduct skills forecasts and determine skills priorities through sector skills committees/councils, institutional planning as well as promote approaches to skills development. The HRDC also manages the Botswana skills training fund known as the Human Resource Development Fund which promotes training in the country and mainly the private sector