The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, revealed that a budget of N$44 million has been allocated for the procurement of textbooks for the 2026/2027 financial year.

The former Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF), Kennedy Kandume, has clarified that his resignation was a personal rather than a forced decision.
This follows the reintegration of the fund into the Ministry of Education.