School-based action plans and dedicated efforts paid off – Steenkamp

The Executive Director at the Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture says school-based action plans, improvement strategies, and dedicated efforts have paid off. Sanet Steenkamp also reaffirmed the ministry’s unconditional support for infrastructure development and professional assistance for the capacity development of teachers. At the announcement of the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary and Advanced […]

2023 examination results improve by 3.2%

The number of school-leavers who qualify for admission at institutions of higher learning has increased by 3.2%. The Minister of Education, Arts, and Culture, Anna Nghipondoka, announced the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary (NSSCO) and Advanced Subsidiary Levels (NSSCAS) results this morning. The 3.2% is a notable improvement after the poor 2022 results. At the […]

Call to reach out to marginalised learners

As parents are preparing to send their children back to school, the caretaker of marginalised learners and students at Rundu Erica Uses is still waiting for assistance from good Samaritans to send their children to school. Erica Uses, also from the marginalised community, is an unemployed mother of four who takes care of more than […]

Vaalgras Primary School to offer Grade 8

Plans are afoot to expand the recently built state-of-the-art Vaalgras Primary School’s curriculum to offer Grade 8 in 2025 to enhance learner enrollment numbers. The ||Kharas Education Directorate Inspector for Kalahari Desert Education Circuit, Ryan Assegaai, revealed this in an interview with nbc News. The government invested N$104 million for the construction of the Vaalgras […]