The Hardap Education Directorate says it is intensifying efforts to address overcrowded classrooms, dilapidated school infrastructure and inadequate sanitation facilities in the region.

Parents of learners at Augustinus Maashika Secondary School want the construction of the hostel sped up.

The learners currently share space in Ndiyona Combined School, whose hostel was partially gutted by fire last year.

A rural school in Utokota village, in the Mashare Constituency of the Kavango East Region, has received a major upgrade following an N$1.4 million donation from shareholders of Ehanga Holdings.

Early childhood education at Otuzemba Primary School is benefiting from improved infrastructure, learning resources and nutrition support.

Otuzemba Primary School has two dedicated pre-primary classrooms, forming part of the region's modern school infrastructure. 

Rain, coupled with strong winds, caused damage to Sauyemwa Junior Primary and Ruben Makaranga Combined School at Rundu; both the roofs at the neighbouring schools' administration blocks were blown off on Tuesday night.

The Erongo Region requires more than N$230 million to address critical school infrastructure. 

This includes the construction of new schools and classrooms, rehabilitation and modernisation of existing facilities.

For learners in rural Namibia access to safe and adequate classrooms remains a challenge.

At Okongue Primary School about 50 kilometers outside Omatjete, the crowdedness has been eased following an investment of millions of dollars in new and renovated facilities at the school.

Junior National Council MPs called on the government to implement sustainable water and sanitation infrastructure that will cater to learners across the country and improve access for those with disabilities.

The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, has inaugurated three schools in the Kunene Region.

The government spent over N$70 million on these as well as extra classrooms, ablution facilities, and other infrastructure at nine other schools in the region.

The majority of schools in the northern part of the country are in a poor state of repair.

This is the observation of CatchNet Marine's chairperson, Leonard Shiyuka, who on Friday handed over a renovated block of classrooms to Lukas I. Dama Primary School in the Omusati Region.