Namibia's first secondary school of computing has opened at Oshakati. The N$1,6 million school was donated by Rani Trading.

The school has four classrooms and a store room and there are currently 29 learners.

Speaking at the inauguration of the school, ICT Deputy Minister, Emma Theofelus said the Oshana Secondary School of computing is an indication of the urgency of the ICT needs in the country.

"We need to encourage leadership, give them the necessary ability to leverage all the opportunities that come with it."

Theofelus said the computing school is vital in the promotion of the mainstreaming of ICTs, gender and coding into the national curricula.

In her speech, read on her behalf, the Minister of Education, Art and Culture,  Anna Nghipondoka, said the school has answered the call to embrace the curriculum learning area of technology and will go a long way in ensuring that Namibian children are well prepared and equipped to deal with the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution.

Oshana Governor, Elia Irimari read her speech.

"It is our resolve as a Ministry to provide accessibility, this can only be achieved by creating a conducive environment for teaching and learning to take place."

Education Minister said the ministry is working tirelessly to construct more classrooms and ablution facilities to address the huge backlog of basic education facilities and has prioritized infrastructural development such as computer labs, IT devices and workshops for pre-vocational subjects.

The Country Manager of Rani Trading Ali Dharani said his company saw the need to establish a computer school to meet the demands of the forever-evolving technology.