Investment in digital literacy and online safety for children
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Investment in digital literacy and online safety education, particularly for the children, is pivotal to navigate digital spaces responsibly.
Investment in digital literacy and online safety education, particularly for the children, is pivotal to navigate digital spaces responsibly.
The National Library of Namibia has officially launched the Temba Kids Program, which aims to contribute to building up Namibian children's literature.
With locally created and contextualised materials, the initiative aims to support and complement efforts in promoting early literacy across the country.
The NamPower Foundation constructed and handed over a classroom at Didimika Private School in Rundu's Kehemu area.
Didimika Private School, like many other schools in the Kavango East Region, also struggles with overcrowded classrooms.
The construction of a new fence and the renovation of hostels at Suiderlig Secondary School in Keetmanshoop has commenced.
Vice President Lucia Witbooi officiated over the groundbreaking ceremony marking the commencement of the construction for a new fence and the renovation of hostels at the school.
The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, has reiterated the government’s commitment to ensuring that all youths are equipped with the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to contribute meaningfully to the economy and society.
The town of Usakos has welcomed the first-ever training centre from the International Training College Lingua, a development expected to transform skills training, boost youth employment, and strengthen economic prospects in the Erongo Region.
Residents of Oerwoud Resettlement Farm in Guinas Constituency, Oshikoto Region, are grateful for the education centre and the health outreach point set up there, but they continue to be challenged by a lack of water, electricity, and land for farming.
The Tsumkwe constituency office, through the Otjozondjupa Regional Council, has stepped in to strengthen the education sector.
The office donated a photocopy machine and other school essentials to Makata Primary School.
Plans are underway to reopen the Tsumis Arid Zone Agricultural College (TAZAC) at Tsumis Park in the Hardap Region.
This comes after Hardap Governor Rian McNab submitted a proposal to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform requesting permission to carry out the plan.
Otjimuhaka Primary School, situated on the outskirts of Opuwo in the Kunene Region, has taken the initiative to conduct door-to-door campaigns to encourage parents to enrol their children for the academic year.