Kitchen staff at the Divundu Combined School in the Kavango East Region are using firewood to prepare food for the learners since September last year.

Two weeks after the start of the 2023 academic year, hostel learners at Caprivi Secondary School still find themselves in a hazardous environment having to bear the stench of sewage on the school premises.

The dining hall where learners are taking their meals is surrounded by sewer water.

Learners in the Berseba Constituency can now walk with shoes on their feet, thanks to a donation from the constituency office, sought through support from the private company Firmaro Fishing. 

The relocation of Grade 10 and 11 learners from Caprivi Secondary  School is delaying teaching at Mavuluma Secondary School in the Zambezi Region.

There were 998 learners at Mavuluma Secondary school.

Preparations are underway at the Rundu Trade Fair Centre for the scheduled return to school tomorrow, of learners who failed to get timely placement in the Rundu Circuit.

More than 7 00 learners in Grades 8, 9 and 10 are set to commence classes on Monday.

The ||Kharas Education Forum has encouraged parents and the community to support learners to improve education outcomes.

The Forum's Chairperson Katrina Elizabeth |Goagoses made the call on the sidelines of the annual gathering of school principals in the ||Kharas Region at Karasburg.  

The Police in the Erongo Region will take action against learners carrying life-threatening objects at West Side High School in Swakopmund. 

Teaching in the Zambezi Region is always delayed for days during the first weeks of schools re-opening because of parents failing to register their children from May to September each year. 

Some teachers at Mburuuru Primary School in the Katjinakatji circuit in Kavango West region have taken the initiative of accommodating learners, who are traveling long distances at their homesteads.

The Students' Union of Namibia has called on the Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture to speed up humanitarian efforts for flood-affected learners in the north.

The union says closing schools due to heavy rains will just worsen the already difficult academic situation.