The Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture, Dino Ballotti, has acknowledged that his ministry received a petition on the 8th of July from unemployed graduate teachers. The petition highlights the challenges they face and includes their demands on how to address this problem. According to Ballotti, the petition claims that there […]
A new magazine aimed at creating awareness around cybersecurity and the threats it poses to businesses has been launched in Windhoek. Cybersecurity Magazine is the brainchild of Paulinus Sheehama, chairman of the Namibia International Cybersecurity Conference. It aims to address pressing cybersecurity challenges while providing practical solutions. Cybercrime is rising globally in both scale and […]
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), in partnership with the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), will officially launch its Anti-Corruption Educational Media Campaign on Thursday. The campaign is aimed at fostering trust and promoting transparency among the public, government institutions, and the private sector. The campaign is to be launched under the theme ‘Promoting Human Dignity in the […]
Otjozondjupa Education Director Gerhard Ndafenongo has cautioned officials responsible for signing off on requests from schools to fill positions to stop delaying the processing of documents. Ndafenongo made these remarks at the renovated building located at the Otjozondjupa Regional Council Office Park, which now houses the directorate’s offices. He stated that officials must enhance their […]
Vice-President Lucia Witbooi has called on Namibians to emulate educational ideals of building a knowledge-based society envisioned by the late Deputy Prime Minister, Hendrik Witbooi, and fellow national leaders. She made the call during her visit to Johanna Jacobs Vocational Centre in Gibeon. The centre was established in 2021 and accredited by the Namibia Training […]
Hardap Governor Riaan Mcnab has highlighted that childhood education is key in building a foundation for child development, lifelong learning, and national development. He made the remarks at the inauguration ceremony of the ||Uib Early Child Development Centre located in the Withuis Informal Settlement on the outskirts of Mariental. The ||Uib Early Development Centre Mariental […]
Part of the subdivision of Otjozondjupa Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Directorate will start operating from the Otjozondjupa Regional Council Office Park. This follows the newly renovated building being known as the ‘brown building.’ The Otjozondjupa Education, Directorate has been experiencing a shortage of office space, which resulted in some staff members sharing […]
The Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) expressed disappointment in the exclusion of students from the recently announced task force on free public tertiary education. The president of the organisation, Dorthea Nangolo, pronounced herself following the announcement by the Ministry of Education on the task force. However, Nanso expressed their excitement in the establishment of the […]
The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC) is joining the continental push to end learning poverty, defined as the inability of children to read and understand a simple, age-appropriate text by the age of 10. The education ministry launched the “End Learning Poverty For All in Africa” campaign in Windhoek. Backed […]
Edda Bohn, the Deputy Executive Director of the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, has revealed that nine out of 10 children are not meeting the minimum literacy requirements by age 10. She emphasised that the country is falling behind on foundational learning objectives. Most Grade 3 learners struggle to read and […]
