The Ndjabeka Primary School in the Ohangwena Region's Okongo Constituency is in need of extra classrooms as lessons for the two grade classes offered are conducted from informally constructed structures, which are not conducive to teaching.

The school opened its doors in 2021 and currently has 307 learners from pre-primary level to grade eight.

Grades seven and eight are currently taught from classrooms built from sticks, which teachers say are not conducive to learning, especially during the windy or rainy seasons.

The discovery of snakes is not uncommon during class, which proves especially disruptive.

Some pupils at the school are also in need of school bags as some carry their books in plastic bags, says Aune Junias, a teacher at the school.

Johanna Mwashindange, another teacher at the school, says some of the learners are in need of shoes and uniforms. She added that desks and chairs are not sufficient to cater to all learners.
 
She says most learners come from homesteads with unemployed parents and pensioners whose incomes cannot address most of their needs.

The school also needs proper houses for teachers, as some have, in the meantime, set up corrugated iron sheet structures of their own for accommodation within the school premises.