Windhoek Vocational Training Centre (WVTC) has received a boost to improve its studies and develop skills.
This follows a donation of two vehicles by Metje & Ziegler to be used in the field of auto mechanics, as well as equipment by the Social Security Commission for the welding field of study.
Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, said the government has put priority on vocational education, with a focus on transforming the sector from a supply-driven approach to a demand-driven one and ensuring that it responds to current and future skills needs.
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare is equipping a group of women who graduated from various fields in vocational technical programmes with training to facilitate their transition into commercial trades.
The African Monarch Lodges continues to empower local residents with vocational skills in various trades at the Sijwa Project in Zambezi's Kongola Constituency.
The project repurposes recyclable waste from the African Monarch Lodges into salable crafts.
Twenty-five trainees from the Namibia College of Technology and Vocational Training (NCTVT) pitched their business plans in Windhoek as they await their assessment results and toolkits in August.
The Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture, Dino Ballotti, has said that it is time for the Okakarara Vocational Training Centre (OVTC) to finalise the hotel school.
Ballotti made the remarks at the opening of OVTC's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week.
Offenders at the Evaristus Shikongo Correctional Facility expressed their gratitude for the skills they have and continue to acquire while serving their sentences at the facility.
Founder and CEO of International Training College Lingua, Ingrid Kloppers-Mettler, revealed that the college will open more regional campuses, adding to Rehoboth and Usakos, both set to open in January 2026.
Other campuses in the pipeline are Oshakati, Walvis Bay, Rundu, and Katima Mulilo.
Vice-President Lucia Witbooi has called on young people to be bold, consistent, and disciplined in their pursuit of knowledge and skills, describing education as the most effective weapon against poverty.
Young people have gathered at the Captain Reverend Dr. Hendrik Witbooi Primary School in Gibeon, located in the Hardap Region, for the launch of the third round of TVET scholarship applications for youth from the Hardap and ||Kharas regions.
