Education, Arts, and Culture Minister Anna Nghipondoka has called on teachers to work harder, identify challenges in the system, and address them to improve performance. 

She made these remarks at a meeting attended by the educators, from the heads of departments down to the learners.

The meeting held at Mwadikange Kaulinge Secondary School in the Ohangwena Region was aimed at crafting strategies and interventions aimed at improving national examination results.

The emphasis was on numeracy and literacy, and Nghipondoka called on teachers to minimise the automatic transfer of learners to the next grade, as this contributes to them not making it to the finish successfully.

In the Ohangwena Region, 50.7% of learners were transferred to grade 10 last year.

She advised teachers to intensify support and assist learners as per their needs.

"That is why I want to send a very strict call to our principals, HODs, and teachers: from today on and in the years to come, let's work very hard and identify those competencies that those children are lacking and honestly do whatever we can to make sure that the majority of them pass and pass reasonably."

Teachers also need to guide learners and help them choose careers they want to follow and bring about the desired educational transformation.

Leaders at different levels also need to share best practices and synergies to improve school performance.