The Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC), Dino Ballotti, reaffirmed the government's commitment to skills development and youth empowerment.
Minister of Sport, Youth, and National Service, Agnes Tjongarero, has inaugurated four agriculture projects at the National Youth Service Centre in Rietfontien in the Otjozondjupa Region.
WorldSkills Namibia will complete its countrywide selection this weekend.
The skills competition focuses on 14 technical and vocational skill sets and those who emerge as winners will take part in the national skills competition in September this year.
The Namibia Training Authority (NTA) visited the Tsumkwe Constituency to address barriers preventing marginalized communities from accessing technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and the high school dropout rate.
The Khorixas Mayor, Lena Gaeses, is happy with the progress made towards the construction of the Vocational Training Centre (VTC) in the town.
Gaeses, says that once completed the VTC will have an impact on the lives of the residents and the image of the town.
Institutions offering technical and vocational training in Namibia will now be able to speak with one voice.
This comes after the establishment of the Association of Technical and Vocational Education Training Institutions in Namibia.
