Health authorities are investigating the cause of flu-like symptoms among learners at Mweshipandeka Secondary School in the Oshana Region.

Johanna Haimene, the Health Director in the region, told Nampa on Sunday that all the affected learners had infections of the upper respiratory tract.

The Kunene Education Directorate has awarded teachers, learners, and schools in the region for their outstanding performance last year.

The Education Director, Angeline Jantze, commended the award recipients for their hard work.

Learners have been urged to make use of the life skills teachers to get acquainted with what the job market demands early enough to make the right choices.

Cabinet has approved an Education Grant Policy to reduce existing inequities and provide an efficient and equitable funding mechanism.

The goal is to ensure that schools and learners from different socio-economic backgrounds have access to adequate resources for full participation in education.

Project Hope has donated school uniforms to more than 50 learners and water tanks to schools in Kavango East Region.

The project aims to help children below the age of 17 who are from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The search for pre-primary placements in Windhoek is becoming more intense, as schools have only a limited number of spaces available for new enrollments.

Since the start of this month, parents have been camping overnight at schools to secure a spot for their children.

The Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture says it does not have a curriculum in which learners are taught to become homosexuals, as perceived by some segments of society.

Katere Primary School held a memorial service for the late Kangungu family members, who died due to suspected food poisoning.

Of the 16 family members, eight were learners at the school.

Learners of PK De Villiers Secondary School at Keetmanshoop started their winter donation drive by serving a warm meal and donating winter clothes to vulnerable community members in the southern town.

The donation drive is an initiative of the Learners Representative Council. 

Parents who have registered their children at Thipanana Primary School in the Kavango East Region are calling on the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture to employ more teachers at the school.

The parents claim that there is no teaching and learning taking place since the school reopened.