Learners from less privileged backgrounds in the Otjozondjupa Region have received stationery to support their studies through the Standard Bank Namibia Scholarship Grant.
In order to meet the needs of the scholars, Standard Bank donated stationery, toiletries and transport fares to 24 learners.
The Otjozondjupa Region is in dire need of school furniture, additional textbooks, and stationery for a smooth transition to the platoon system and for quality education.
The budget indicates that the education directorate requires more than three million dollars to service the region's circuits.
The Gobabis Constituency Office has donated stationery to schools within the constituency, valued at more than N$130,000.
Each primary school received stationeries worth N$10,000, while high schools received donations worth N$20,000 each.
With schools resuming next week, parents and guardians are rushing to stores to buy school stationery.
Long queues are the order of the day, and while some are happy to be nearly done, others are just getting started.
Namibia's water utility, NamWater, has donated essential stationery to at least 15 schools in the Kavango East Region.
This will help address the shortage of teaching and learning materials and improve learners's performance at the schools.
The Ohangwena Region's education sector is faced with a myriad of challenges, including a shortage of classrooms and a lack of sufficient infrastructure, among others.
The Otjiwarongo Constituency in the Otjozondjupa Region has come to the aid of school-going children with a donation of stationery.
With the new school year just a weekend away, parents and guardians are making last-minute preparations for their children's uniform and stationery needs.
