The Zambezi Education Director, Alex Sikume, says that collaboration, strategy, and dedication paved the way for the region’s improved educational outcomes. The region saw remarkable improvement in the recent Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary results, moving up to 6th place from its previous 10th position and moving up one place to 7th in the Senior […]
The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Namibia, Ana Beatriz Martins, undertook a two-day joint visit with a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) delegation to assess educational facilities in the Daures Constituency in the Erongo Region and Khorixas Constituency in the Kunene Region. The visits were aimed at upgrading and improving the quality of teaching and […]
The John Pandeni Constituency office in the |Khomas Region has donated school uniforms to over 30 needy learners at A. Shipena Secondary School in Katutura. The donation was made through the |Khomas Region Council’s Back to School Programme, dedicated to supporting underprivileged learners. The school uniforms include shirts, skirts, trousers, ties, jerseys, socks, and backpacks, […]
The Namibia Training Authority (NTA) plans to embark on a sensitisation drive in the ||Kharas and Hardap regions to boost enrolment at the recently constructed Keetmanshoop Vocational and Training Centre. This emerged during a stakeholder meeting NTA had at Keetmanshoop. The purpose of the stakeholder meeting was to inform the regional leadership about the priority […]
Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF Party intends to table a motion in Parliament to extend the term of the country’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, a Zimbabwean lawmaker has confirmed to nbc News. Zanu PF’s Bikita West Member of Parliament, Energy Mutodi, confirmed the proposed motion on presidential, parliamentary, and local government term limits, saying it was “untimely leaked […]
Eligible students are encouraged to apply for the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) loan before the due date. The fund launched its online application on Tuesday. NSFAF says they will not extend the online application when the application process closes on the 31st of March, urging students to maximise the given time to complete […]
The Education Director for the ||Kharas Region, Jesmine Magerman, has expressed disappointment over the region’s worsening performance in the 2024 Grade 11 and AS level exams. The region slipped from third place to number 12 in the Grade 11 national ranking list. It dropped two places on the AS level ranking list, from the 12th […]
The Director of Education in the Kavango East Region, Christine Shilima, says the region’s performance in the 2024 national examinations is worrisome. Kavango East will now be revisiting strategies aimed at restoring what was once considered one of the top-performing regions in the country. In the 2022 national ordinary-level examinations, Kavango East outperformed all other […]
Despite the opening of the new academic year this week, learners at some schools in the Zambezi Region are without accommodation pending the recruitment of hostel staff. Zambezi Education Director Alex Sikume says there is a delay in the opening of four new hostels in the region. These include hostels at Schuckmansburg, Ndoro, Liselo, and […]
Erongo Region Governor Neville Andre has called for a collective effort from all relevant stakeholders to improve the quality of education for learners. In an interview with nbc News at Swakopmund, Andre stressed the importance of a united approach to address the challenges in the education system. Despite the region being endowed with natural resources, […]
