A Member of Parliament, Willem Amutenya, urged training institutions to enrol students based on industry needs and economic demand, highlighting that institutions should not only aim to fill courses.
 

Eighteen participants from 13 African countries have completed an international geoscientific mapping training course in Namibia.

Participants came from Botswana, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) and the University of Namibia (UNAM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of Health and Applied Sciences, in a move aimed at strengthening collaboration between the two institutions.

Namibia, through the Namibia Training Authority, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China and South Africa to collaborate on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). 

Four hundred youths operating in oil and gas fields have benefitted from the PetroFund flagship programme.

The programme is aimed at imparting skills to Namibians to allow them to venture into the sector and not rely on international expertise.

The organiser of a recent first aid and CPR training held in Keetmanshoop, Mac Witbooi, has set the record straight regarding the credibility of the training.

This is after participants alleged fraud against him following discovery that the certificates they received were not accredited.

The Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA) is engaging key education and training stakeholders in Outapi, Omusati Region, as part of an ongoing information and sensitisation session on the National Policy for Qualification Standards in Namibia.

Hope Home-Based Health Care has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Welwitschia University of Namibia.

Through the MoU, Hope Home-Based Health Care will provide technical training to students from the university, who will in turn provide knowledge to employees in the non-profit organisation.

The Jose Eduardo dos Santos campus of the University of Namibia has organised a two-week short course on cold chain equipment maintenance and repair for handymen and artisans for the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS).

Keetmanshoop residents are currently receiving training in horticulture, mushroom cultivation and value addition to improve food security and livelihoods.

The training conducted by the University of Namibia (UNAM) started on Monday and will run until Thursday.