The Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) launched the access to basic education initiative in the Omaheke Region.

The campaign's objective is to look at the status of the education sector in the country while glancing at last year's academic performance.

The student organisation will engage with learners to assess whether they have been skilled enough to produce the best results.

Speaking at the Access to Basic Education Campaign launch at Witvlei in the Omaheke Region, NANSO spokesperson Dorothea Nangolo shared that their focus last year was more on accommodation and school materials, among others.

The spokesperson said a comprehensive report will be compiled and shared with the Ministry of Education for further deliberation on access to basic education.

"Every single year we are launching our access to basic education campaign and we identify a region where we can start this initiative. Basically, our access to education campaign, we look at the status of education in our schools, we check whether our learners have the necessary skills, where is the education lacking, and how we can respond as the country through this campaign, then we generate a national report that we share with the ministry of education and to see how we can address this issue last year, the issue of accommodation, textbooks, and infrastructure, and we managed to present this to the ministry, so this speaks to how successful our campaigns are."

Nangolo added that each region has unique challenges when it comes to education; hence, it is required of all involved stakeholders to play their part.

"I also learned that we are in the industrial age; now textbooks don't cut in any more, but we need tablets and laptops; we need social networks for the school; and we also learned that there are a lot of things that we are undeveloped in, so there are things we can strive for through NANSO and through working together."

The NANSO representatives also engaged with regional education leadership.