President Hage Geingob has appealed to all stakeholders in education to refrain from blaming one another for the dismal final-year examination results.

Dr. Geingob says everyone agrees that the recently-released examination results are nothing for the country to take pride in but says the focus should now be on finding common solutions.

The President is still to be provided with a full report detailing what transpired as well as reasons for the dismal results in the Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary Level and Senior Secondary Certificate Advanced Subsidiary Level examinations.

"The President would like to reassure Namibians that following receipt of the report from the Minister of Education, Arts, and Culture, Hon. Anna Nhgipondoka, in the spirit of holding hands, the necessary decisions and actions will be taken to advance the interests of teachers, learners, and the education sector in general. As a former teacher, President Geingob is highly attentive to the needs of teachers and the role they play in the education and well-being of our children, including the betterment of Namibia. The President has always said that it is because of a teacher and education in general that the son of a farmworker becomes the President of a country and the daughter of a domestic worker becomes a medical doctor. Therefore, the President would like to appeal to all stakeholders, specifically the teachers, the learners, the parents, the Ministry of Education, and the unions, to avoid blaming one another for the dismal results, which everyone agrees are not in the interests of the country. Such an approach of blaming one another is not helpful.  After the report is tabled and the necessary decisions are taken, President Geingob is convinced that, as a government, as teachers, as parents, as learners, as unions, and as student organizations, common solutions will be found to avoid a repeat of the dismal results of the 2022 Academic Year."