According to the 2024 National End-of-Phase Grade 3 Assessment, only 32% of learners achieve the minimum numeracy benchmark of 40%. 

To strengthen numeracy skills among junior primary learners, the Education Directorate in the Khomas Region hosted a Junior Primary Math Olympiad Competition in Windhoek. 

Twenty-eight Junior Primary teachers in the Ohangwena Region received training in numeracy and ethno-mathematics.

This training was funded by Lutheran University Tacoma, Washington, through the Uukumwe Project, a collaboration between educators from Namibia and the U.S.

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.