The Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (CENORED), the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN), and former learners of Caprivi Secondary School handed over donations to the school’s hostel valued at more than N$200,000. This donation follows an appeal from the school principal for assistance when schools reopened three weeks ago. During the handover of the company’s […]
Anatomy, which is the study of the human body, plays a vital role as the foundation of practical learning in the medical field. UNAM has, over the years, faced a challenge of shortages in cadavers, which they often receive from South Africa while unclaimed bodies continue to overflow in our mortuaries. In many foreign countries, […]
Rundu Town Council is recommending that Japhet Haiyambo Primary School and Hompa Sophia Junior Primary School temporarily close their doors while the lingering issues of sewage blockage and nonfunctional ablution facilities for learners are sorted. According to a letter seen by the nbc News team, the schools have been faced with this problem for a […]
The Director of ||Kharas Education Directorate, Jesmine Magerman, has urged principals to shift their focus from the poor academic results of the Grade 11 and AS Level classes of 2024 and instead embrace new strategies to ensure better performance this year. She made this call at the principals’ meeting held in Lüderitz. The gathering primarily […]
The Rob Youth Foundation handed over school uniforms to learners from disadvantaged backgrounds at Zambezi’s Muyako Combined School. The foundation also handed over 3,840 sanitary pads for the girl child at the same school. The uniforms include 36 skirts, 18 long pants for girls, 52 long trousers for boys, four short trousers for boys, and […]
Erongo Region’s Waldfrieden Primary School on the outskirts of Omaruru town has received a donation of N$100,000 to upgrade the school. The money was donated by Walvis Bay-based businessman Johnny Doeseb and family. The donation is part of giving back to the community, aimed at keeping the learners in school to be educated for the […]
The National African Student Association (NASA) is calling for improvement in the quality of education. This comes after NASA’s assessment on the recent developments in the Namibian education landscape. NASA shared this during a media briefing at Rundu. The recent announcement of grade 11 and AS level results revealed that 28,700 learners failed to qualify […]
The Basic Education system will revert to a three-term school calendar in 2026. This was revealed by the Director of National Examinations and Assessment, Clemmentine Tsumis-Garises, in a One-On-One interview. Originally, Namibia had three school terms, but that system changed during the outbreak of COVID-19 between 2019 and 2021. The need for two school terms […]
The |Khomas Regional Council visited various project sites in Windhoek to assess progress and engage with site managers. The project involves the construction of classrooms at two schools, as well as the improvement of A. Shipena Secondary School’s sports field. The construction of the classrooms was necessitated by the high number of learners who failed […]
Heavy rains over the weekend have damaged Simwege Primary School in Katjinakatji Village, Kavango West. The makeshift school in Mankumpi Constituency serves 58 grade one and two learners. Classrooms and learning materials were destroyed, and the village lost electricity. A teacher from Katjinakatji Combined School said the power outage has left around 400 hostel learners […]
