The National Council has passed the education amendment bill with no amendments. The bill aims to remove the obligation for parents to contribute to the School Development Fund and hostel fees for both pre-primary, primary and secondary education.

The Minister of Education, Arts and Culture is to summon education directors and secondary school principals to explain the drop in the percentages of the pass rate. Katrina Hanse-Himarwa in an interview with NBC News said she will meet the stakeholders in 2018, over examination results released on Thursday.

Rundu’s golden girl Karina Sikongo beat thousands of learners to become Namibia’s top Grade 10 learner. Karina Sikongo has always been an over achiever.

More than 70% of the top 50 performers in the 2017 Grade 10 Junior Secondary Certificate (JSC) national examinations, are girls. Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, Katrina Hanse-Himarwa said at the announcement of the preliminary JSC and Grade 12 Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSC) Higher Level results here on Wednesday, 36 of the top […]