The end of a school day often brings chaos to roads close to schools and difficulty for drivers navigating them.
With children crossing roads in undesignated areas and a lack of road safety education among young people, the risk of accidents increases.
With the new school year just a weekend away, parents and guardians are making last-minute preparations for their children's uniform and stationery needs.
As parents are preparing to send their children back to school, the caretaker of marginalised learners and students at Rundu Erica Uses is still waiting for assistance from good Samaritans to send their children to school.
Erongo Governor Neville Andre has expressed disappointment in the regional first semester's poor performance, as schools were unable to achieve satisfactory grades A to C.
A regional school debating competition held in Otjiwarongo has seen Okahandja Circuit A emerge as regional winners with gold medals and a floating trophy.
The regional competition saw three teams compete neck-and-neck on different motions about Marine issues sponsored by Namport.
Some community members of Ndama East in Kavango East Region held a demonstration on Friday, requesting that the decision to move the school back to Ndama South West be reconsidered.
The diversion of the construction of the new school at Ndama informal settlement has left community members unhappy.
They are now calling on the Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture to further investigate the matter.
Cabinet has approved an Education Grant Policy to reduce existing inequities and provide an efficient and equitable funding mechanism.
The goal is to ensure that schools and learners from different socio-economic backgrounds have access to adequate resources for full participation in education.
Kavango East Governor Bonifatius Wakudumo has directed the Education Directorate and the contractor to resume construction at Ndama South with immediate effect.
Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) has launched a school garden programme at Oshekasheka Combined School in the Oshana Region.
NWR has committed to setting up gardens at schools across the country to supplement the government's school feeding programme with vegetables and fruits.
