The Namibia Qualification Authority (NQA) recently hosted a stakeholder information session at Omuthiya in the Oshikoto Region. The NQA used the platform to educate stakeholders on its mandate and qualification standards. The Marketing and Corporate Communications Manager at NQA, Lina Ndengu, called on young people to focus on careers in the vocational sector and to […]
Namibia faces a range of issues with implications for the nation’s development and future prospects. Among these, the government, according to Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Child Welfare Minister Doreen Sioka, is ensuring improved healthcare, access to education, and protection from violence and exploitation for the Namibian child. Sioka is calling for more awareness-raising […]
Minister of Sport, Youth, and National Service, Agnes Tjongarero, has inaugurated four agriculture projects at the National Youth Service Centre in Rietfontien in the Otjozondjupa Region. Tjongarero says the agriculture programmes are vital in enhancing food security and empowering the youth through training. The projects are poultry, lucerne, and vegetable planting; a biomass charcoal animal […]
Higher Education, Technology, and Innovation Minister Dr. Itah Kandjii-Murangi said training and vocational education are essential drivers of any nation’s social, economic, and technological innovation. She remarked this, speaking at the Nakayale, Eenhana, and Valombola Vocational Training Centres’ second joint graduation ceremony at Outapi. Dr. Kandjii-Murangi said TVET programmes have been growing in quality and […]
Government officials and education stakeholders gathered at A. Shipena Secondary School to dissect the future of education. The two-day Future of Education Africa Conference is organised by the African Centre for Youth Development, Education, and Advocacy Initiative. The conference is a brainstorming platform for seasoned technocrats to rub minds with others from academia, international organizations, […]
The Speaker of the National Assembly and Chancellor of the University of Science and Technology (NUST), Professor Peter Katjavivi, officially inaugurated the NUST Luderitz Research Satellite Campus at the harbour town. Katjavivi, at the occasion, said that the launch of the campus is a demonstration of how a public university can strategically align its programmes […]
Namibia University of Science and Technology chancellor, Professor Peter Katjavivi, officially inaugurated the NUST Lüderitz Research Satellite Campus. Professor Katjavivi said the launch of the campus is a demonstration of how a public university can strategically align its programmes to national imperatives. Professor Katjavivi commended NUST management for opening the campus and developing short courses […]
Namibia should start developing skills in green hydrogen in preparation for the production process of this energy source and also its benefits for oil and gas production. The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) held its first public lecture around green hydrogen ahead of the official opening of the Luderitz Research Satellite Campus. The […]
Japan constructed a block of four classrooms and a storeroom at Ndadi Primary School in the Ohakafiya circuit, Ohangwena Region. The buildings, valued at N$1.3 million, were constructed through the Japanese Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). The GGP programme was implemented in Namibia in 1997, with N$77 million budgeted for those projects. […]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has officially handed over eight agricultural food system sites to the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform’s extension services. The handover ceremony took place at Marema Village in the Kavango East Region. UNDP started the project in 2020 to respond to the pressing needs of food security and […]
