The National African Student's Association (NASA) has launched its national 10,000-membership campaign at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region.
The student representative body hopes to register students from UNAM's Katima campus as well as the Zambezi Vocational Training Centre.
The development of Namibia is deeply rooted in the agricultural sector.
90% of land is suitable for livestock farming and a large proportion of the country's rural population depends on this activity for food security.
The University of Namibia gave the country its first cohort of 16 dentists.
The university held its graduation of health professionals in various disciplines and fields from the Faculty of Health Sciences.
252 students graduated from the School of Education at the University of Namibia (UNAM) in Windhoek.
The graduates received diplomas and degrees in lifelong learning, community education, educational management and leadership, and junior primary education.
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Namibia Professor Kenneth Matengu pointed out that a lack of male role models is one of the contributing factors to boys underperforming in education.
Professor Matengu was speaking at the Rundu Campus graduation ceremony.
The Namibian government is committed to widening access to institutions of higher learning in the country.
This was said by Vice President Nangolo Mbumba when he inaugurated the University of Namibia's (UNAM) Southern Campus lecture hall complex at Keetmanshoop in the ||Kharas Region.
Over 90 Namibian students received scholarships to study various related courses in the green hydrogen industry, availed through grant funding from Germany.
Sixty awardees will undertake Master's Degree courses, while 30 will undertake their studies at the local Vocational Training Centres.
Namibia needs to produce skills that meet the demands of the job market.
The Minister of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Itah Kandjii-Murangi said this when she motivated the ministry's budget allocation of N$3.8 billion for 2023-2024 in the National Assembly.
Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance at NUST, Teresia Kaulihowa, questioned whether the current budget allocation will be sufficient to improve and expand Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
The University of Namibia's Ogongo Agricultural Campus has expanded its integrated fish and rice farming production for this year.
Head of the Department for Crop Production Dr. Simon Awala says the current flood waters could also be used to cultivate rice in the affected areas.
