The 12th Annual Model United Nations Namibia Conference, a two-day academic event, is advancing gender equality and empowering women through engaging high school learners in real-world global issues. At the conference, participants act as delegates from various countries, serving on UN committees and tackling significant global challenges using their assigned country’s policies and perspectives. Deputy […]
The Chancellor of the University of Namibia, President Nangolo Mbumba, says that the inauguration of the new Wildlife Management and Tourism department in Katima Mulilo, located in the Zambezi Region, marks a significant milestone not only for Namibians but also for the SADC region. He emphasised that the department, strategically positioned at the heart of […]
The Outapi Town Council has donated 10 bundles of super bricks, a window frame, and ten bags of cement for the construction of a decent ablution facility at the Sophia Shaningwa Kindergarten at Outapi. The Chief Daniel Shooya Combined School at Otsinka Villages also received bags of cement. The donation by the Outapi Town Council […]
President Nangolo Mbumba arrived in Katima Mulilo ahead of the inauguration of the University of Namibia’s newly constructed facilities for the Department of Wildlife Management and Tourism Studies on Tuesday. Upon arrival on Monday, the President paid a visit to the Eastern Association of the Visually Impaired at Liselo as the national patron for the […]
40 years after its establishment, the Kehemu Primary School in Rundu has been renamed after its first principal, Jafet Haiyambo. The school was established in 1984, with about 450 learners and 11 teachers. It then catered to learners from grades one to four, accommodated in 10 classrooms. As its first principal, the late Jafet Haiyambo […]
The Gobabis Vocational Training Centre (GVTC) deliberated on the opportunity of working together with stakeholders in the Omaheke Region while highlighting technical vocational educational training not just as a career option but as a vital component of career education in schools, a path that offers both practical skills and stability in an evolving world. Speaking […]
The Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture Executive Director, Sanet Steenkamp, has reminded learners of their responsibility to break the cycle of unemployment and poverty through education, saying it rests with them. Steenkamp shared the sentiments while addressing learners of the Mariental-based Empelheim Secondary School during the inauguration of newly constructed classroom blocks. “Help us […]
Since 1992, the government has constructed 419 schools across the country. Currently, there are 2,036 registered schools in total, catering to 896,311 learners. The teacher population stands at 33,322, 22,000 of whom are female. The Executive Director in the Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, revealed these statistics at the inauguration of the […]
Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah inaugurated a more than N$106 million state-of-the-art hostel at Schuckmansburg Combined School in the Zambezi Region on Friday. Nandi-Ndaitwah said the hostel is a testament to the government’s commitment to the future of the Namibian child and the advancement of education in the country. The Vice President noted that the hostel […]
Community members and learners at Zadang Primary School in Kavango East finally had their dreams come true after MTC and the MVA Fund revamped their school. For years, learners and teachers at the Zadang Primary School, located within the Mashare constituency, had to make do with two makeshift structures, accommodating about 30 learners in various […]
