The National Students Organisation (NANSO) has called on the government, the private sector, and guardians to step up in the transformation of the education system.
 
NANSO visited various regions to assess the state of schools and identify shortcomings that could affect the performance of learners in the upcoming national examinations.
  
During the assessment, NANSO identified several issues needing urgent interventions at schools in the Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa, Ohangwena, Omusati, and Oshana regions, including schools in remote areas along the Namibia-Angola border.

The areas assessed include the dilapidated state of school infrastructure, a lack of textbooks, and the absence of essential equipment for examinations, such as science apparatus and computers for schools offering computer studies at the Ordinary and AS levels.

The president of NANSO, Dorthea Nangolo, stated that the organisation will assist where it can in ensuring that every school is adequately equipped to provide quality education.

"The government alone cannot bear the burden of transforming our education system. Both the private sector and parents must step up and share this responsibility. We call on the business community to actively contribute to the development of school infrastructure as part of their corporate social responsibility. It is disheartening to witness the consequences of poor resource management, which has led to the severe degradation of facilities across the country. Many schools have not seen renovation or maintenance since their construction—some even before independence. A particularly distressing case is that of Eembaxou Combined School in the Ohangwena Region. This school not only lacks adequate classrooms, but the ones it does have are in a dangerous and deplorable state, with collapsing roofs and hazardous floors."

NANSO also expressed concern about the continuous delays in acquiring necessary materials, despite requests that have been submitted for years by several schools.
 
The organisation will continue with school assessments across all the country's 14 regions before the final national examination commences.