The Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts, and Culture, Dino Ballotti, recently visited Kavango West, where he was briefed on the pressing challenges facing the region's education sector.
The Otjozondjupa Regional Education Directorate is working to secure school placements for 921 learners, with Grade 1, Grade 8, and Grade 10 being the most affected.
A contractor has blocked a sewerage pond at Max Makushe Secondary School in the Kavango East Region due to what they regard as outstanding payments by the Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture.
The school has since suspended classes due to sewerage overflow.
A local company, South Haven Commodities, has stepped up to rehabilitate the borehole of Dr. Fischer Primary School in the Aminuis Constituency which has been dysfunctional since last year.
Strong winds blew off the roofs of three blocks at Ekango-Linene Combined School in Etayi Circuit, Omusati Region.
The damage occurred to the block that accommodates approximately 100 Grade 3 learners.
