The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, revealed that a budget of N$44 million has been allocated for the procurement of textbooks for the 2026/2027 financial year.
The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture has attributed the temporary suspension of 2027 learner admissions in parts of the Erongo Region to schools applying a first-come, first-served system, which triggered panic among parents.
The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts, and Culture says it has not received any official reports from schools about an alleged online game said to encourage learners to engage in sexual activities.
The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, in collaboration with UNICEF Namibia, officially launched the School Sports for Development (SS4D) Program under the Integrated Physical Education and School Sports (IPESS) policy on Thursday in Windhoek.
Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp has called for renewed commitment to learners' dignity, well-being and access to quality education as Namibia joins the rest of Africa in commemorating the Day of the African Child.
The minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts, and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, has welcomed learners and teachers back to school for the second semester, urging hard work and dedication to the task at hand.
Learners across the country returned to school this morning for the second semester.
The Students Union of Namibia (SUN) has urged the Ministry of Education to accelerate the payment of non-tuition fees for most students.
The Ministry of Education says its utilities' cost-saving measures are progressing well, with pilot programmes already producing significant financial savings.
The Executive Director for Finance and Administration, Knox Imbuwa, revealed this during NBC's daily programme, Namibia Connects.
The Body of Christ leader, Festus Thomas, questioned the Ministry of Education on why some learners, particularly those registered with Namcol in Okongo, were allocated wrong subjects after paying registration fees.
The Minister of Education, Sanet Steenkamp, has visited the Zambezi Region to assess the impact of flooding on the education sector.
Dr. Steenkamp visited the affected Nankutwe Combined and Namiyundu Primary Schools, as well as the relocation centres at Lusese and Schumansburg Combined School.
