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UNAM’s AMT Project Receives Prestigious Royal Astronomical Society Medal
By: Staff Writer The mobile planetarium team of the Africa Millimetre Telescope (AMT) project, a collaboration between the University of Namibia and Radboud University in the Netherlands, has been honoured with the 2024 Annie Maunder Medal for Outreach by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in the UK. The mobile planetarium serves as a […]
Siguruguru Tent School Gets New Classrooms
By: Annakleta Haikera Siguruguru Primary School, accommodating nearly 900 learners in Kavango East, has undergone a remarkable transformation with the construction of new classrooms and an administration block for teachers. The school faced numerous challenges in recent years, notably last February when heavy rains and winds led to the destruction of about 14 […]
Pupils Preferred Education Than Other Courses In 2022 and 2023…female dominance in enrolment
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus and Loise Shiimi After leaving high school, Namibian pupils prefer to study education rather than any other courses in their first years at university, a phenomenon that has contributed to the overproduction of teachers who cannot find jobs. Last week Minister of Education, Anna Nghipondoka advised high school graduates to […]
Kavango East Pupils Shine in National Exam Results
By: Annakleta Haikera Pupils from the Kavango East region dominated the top 20 best performers in the 2023 Grade 11 and 12 national examination results released this week. Twelve of the pupils who made the list were enrolled at private and public schools in the region. Rukonga Vision School in the Divundu area led […]
High School Exam Results to Decide Fate of 85,143 Pupils
By: Justicia Shipena As Namibian pupils and parents stand on the edge of suspense, awaiting the results of the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary and Advanced Subsidiary Levels (NSSCO and NSSCAS) national examinations, expectations and concerns linger. The Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture reported significant progress in marking and data processing, with […]
Unam Law Students Blame Lecturer for 95% JTC Failure
By: Ludorf Iyambo Law students at the University of Namibia’s (Unam) Justice Training Centre have accused their lecturers of intentionally failing them. The students voiced their grievances against lecturers, holding them accountable for a staggering 95% failure rate in the JTC examination. The students’ dissatisfaction stems from the final exam for the Civil Procedure […]
N$200 Million To Recruit New Teachers Has Already BeenSpent – Steenkamp
By: Annakleta Haikera The Ministry of Basic Education has revealed that the N$200 million earmarked for the recruitment of unemployed teachers has already been utilised. Responding to protests by hundreds of teachers who decry what they perceive as a teacher unemployment crisis, the ministry’s executive director Sanet Steenkamp said over N$200 million has already been […]
Over 8,000 Unemployed Graduate Teachers In Namibia
By: Annakleta Haikera Hundreds of unemployed graduate teachers staged a peaceful protest on the streets of Rundu yesterday demanding employment from the government. The group that gathered at the office of the director of education in Kavango east yesterday was frustrated at the lack of teaching opportunities in government schools blaming the Ministry of Basic […]
Rundu Launches Clean Up Campaign to Boost Tourism
By: Annakleta Haikera We Care Charity Foundation, in partnership with Rundu Town Council, NASA, and Ngato Vocational Training Centre, initiated a town cleaning campaign in Rundu, Kavango East region, on Thursday. Community members actively participated in the cleaning campaign, targeting areas prone to littering by residents, including Rundu Town Council, Tutungeni, Donkerhoek, and Rundu Sports […]
Outrage Over Geingob’s Unemployment – Education Comment
By: Hertha Ekandjo President Hage Geingob’s recent comments attributing Namibia’s high unemployment rate to the successes of the government’s education efforts has sparked criticism from analysts who argue that it oversimplifies the complex issue. During the commemoration of the World Children’s Day at Walvis Bay on Sunday, Geingob said the government’s “successful” education approach has […]