The high influx of people in the coastal towns of Swakopmund and Walvis Bay has put pressure on schools there despite the construction of additional classrooms and projects.

In his State of the Region Address, the Governor of the Erongo Region, Neville Andre, said during the period under review, the Directorate of Education, Art, and Culture has recorded an increase in learner enrollments from 51,942 last year to 53,538 this year.

This represents an increase of 1,596 learners.

The local economy remains under immense pressure to set itself on a path of recovery. This is coupled with challenges beyond the country's reach and self-inflicted drawbacks such as the lack of policy implementation.

The Institute of Public Policy Research held a presentation on the state of the economy.

Robin Sherbourne, IPPR Research Associate, gave a presentation on the reasons for the ailing Namibian economy and what needs to be done to fix it.