Namibia’s music industry has lost yet another one of its most influential figures with the passing of guitarist and producer Christian Polloni at the age of 67.

Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, said the government has put priority on vocational education, with a focus on transforming the sector from a supply-driven approach to a demand-driven one and ensuring that it responds to current and future skills needs.

Two Namibian films have been selected to feature in this year's European Film Festival.

Snear and The B2 Passage will be screened alongside nine European films at the 5th edition of the Namibia European Film Festival. 

The festival runs from 3 September to 29 October. 

Integrating arts such as choir singing into schools aligns with Namibia's Sixth National Development Plan.

The Ohangwena Education Director, Isak Hamatwi, said this at the Annual Regional Choir Competition held at Mwadikange Kaulinge Secondary School in the Ondobe Circuit.

The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture said it is committed to ensuring that Namibian institutions of higher learning do more than teach but transform.

The founder of the Rundu Youth Academy of Arts, Sakaria Shipinga, blames the lack of youth centres, financial assistance, and programs for many talented youth losing focus and feeling left out. 

Close to 40 children aged between seven and 13 years are currently participating in a two-day creative arts and culture training workshop at the Okahao Arts Centre in the Omusati Region.

The Deputy Minister of Education, Arts, and Culture, Faustina Caley, says quality education outcomes are the cornerstone of national development.

The Deputy Minister of Education, Arts, and Culture, Faustina Caley, has called upon those who are in the education sector in the Omaheke Region to build a strong foundation to ensure quality education is achieved.

Almost three weeks into the new academic year, the Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture is still addressing overcrowded classrooms and a 29.5% increase in candidates, which amounts to 12,031 learners who qualified for the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Advanced Subsidiary (AS) level for this year.