The Deputy Executive Director in the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Edda Bohn, says platoon and tent schools need more staff following this week's Education Minister announcement on temporary placement solutions.
Deputy Executive Director in the Ministry of Education, Edda Bohn, is reiterating that those who enrolled their children in unregistered schools should take them to formal government schools.
The Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA), in collaboration with the #BeFree Movement and the |Khomas Regional Council, is hosting a three-day career guidance and information-sharing event.
The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC) is joining the continental push to end learning poverty, defined as the inability of children to read and understand a simple, age-appropriate text by the age of 10.
Edda Bohn, the Deputy Executive Director of the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, has revealed that nine out of 10 children are not meeting the minimum literacy requirements by age 10.
Despite the Ministry of Education, Art, and Culture's stance on parents' voluntary contributions, some parents say schools are not complying.
The ministry says any funding initiatives introduced at schools are voluntary and should only be done in consultation and agreement with parents or guardians.
Building additional classrooms to cater to the ever-increasing demand for schools is one of the pressing priorities for the Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture.
Cabinet has approved an Education Grant Policy to reduce existing inequities and provide an efficient and equitable funding mechanism.
The goal is to ensure that schools and learners from different socio-economic backgrounds have access to adequate resources for full participation in education.
Under-achievement and under-participation of boys in education have become a national concern and stakeholders are actively exploring ways to support the boy child.
A two-day colloquium was initiated by the University of Namibia (UNAM), to look into the topic.
The Namibia National Teachers Union (NANTU) has joined the chorus of those denouncing the sentiments expressed by the Education, Arts, and Culture Minister, Anna Nghipondoka.
