Tertiary education will be free from next year.
This was announced by President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in her maiden State of the Nation Address on Thursday.
Some nine years ago, student movements agitated for free education at public universities and technical and vocational education centres.
An alleged proposal by Windhoek's Principal of Auas Primary School to remove the KhoeKhoeGowab language from the curriculum has sparked widespread outrage on social media.
KhoeKhoeGowab is predominantly spoken by the Damara/Nama community.
Storybooks Namibia was launched today in Okahandja as a free open educational resource aimed at promoting literacy and language learning in homes, schools, and communities.
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.
The Namibia College of Open Learning (NAMCOL) overall top performer award for 2024 was scooped by Oshana Region's Alfeus Nakanyala.
Nakanyala scored three straight A's in three subjects, which include mathematics.
The 10th African Day of School Feeding was commemorated at Swakopmund, celebrating the progress made with school feeding programmes across Africa.
In the Erongo Region, approximately 34 schools, benefiting well over 11,000 learners, directly benefit from the school feeding programme.
The Andimba Toivo ya Toivo Secondary School scooped the Oshana Regional Library Annual Debate Championship award this weekend.
In second place and third, respectively, were the Reverend Juuso Shikongo Secondary School and Dr. Abraham Iiyambo SS, while Nehale Secondary School was placed fourth.
Namibia has launched the first Bloomberg Finance Lab at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), the first of its kind in Africa.
Students at the International University of Management (IUM) are urged to grab every opportunity to gain knowledge and skills and be agents of change.
The students were reminded of these facts during the official opening of the institution's 2025 academic year in the capital.
The Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, Anna Nghipondoka, tabled a motion in the National Assembly calling for the adoption of the School Grant Policy.
