Trainees at the Rundu Vocational Training Centre (RVTC) will have an opportunity to polish their soft skills by assembling prototype trucks.

Five students from the NICHE Training Academy at Walvis Bay are set to gain skills in a green hydrogen exchange programme in Germany.

NICHE Training Academy is a private vocational and technical training institution based in Narraville.

Okakarara Vocational Training Centre (OVTC) has become the latest recipient of training equipment under the Employability Improvement Project. 

It is part of a bilateral technical agreement between Namibia and Japan.

The National Skills Competition provided a platform for institutions, companies, and innovators in the TVET sector to exhibit their products and services. 

Exhibitors shared with NBC News what the platform means and highlighted the importance of the TVET sector for economic development.

Competitors taking part in the National Skills Competition currently underway in Swakopmund expressed gratitude for the opportunity to showcase their skills.

They encouraged other young people to explore various opportunities offered in the TVET sector. 

The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture is committed to closing the skills gap in untapped sciences, technologies, engineering, and the vocational trades that underpin them.

The National Skills Competition officially kicked off at Swakopmund.

Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts, and Culture Minister Sanet Steenkamp, who inspected the venue ahead of the opening, was satisfied with the preparedness.

Windhoek Vocational Training Centre (WVTC) has received a boost to improve its studies and develop skills.

This follows a donation of two vehicles by Metje & Ziegler to be used in the field of auto mechanics, as well as equipment by the Social Security Commission for the welding field of study.

Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, said the government has put priority on vocational education, with a focus on transforming the sector from a supply-driven approach to a demand-driven one and ensuring that it responds to current and future skills needs.

Stakeholders in the Hardap Region have called on the government to recognise skill development and capacity building as key pillars of the envisaged National Upstream Petroleum Policy.