Lack of hostel facilities at schools in rural areas directly impacts the academic performance of learners. Erongo Governor Cleophas Mutjavikua said this when he handed over bedding to his counterpart in Omusati, Erginus Endjala to be distributed to needy school hostels in the region. Mutjavikua says he was touched, during his visit to the Omusati Region, by the conditions in which some hostel learners find themselves.