The National Council Standing Committee on Education, Science, ICT and Youth Development Chairperson, Bethuel Tjaveondja, says he is pleased with oversight engagements that have been undertaken and aimed to strengthen the quality of education in the country.
||Kharas Governor Dawid Gertze has urged young people to move away from a culture of excuses and take greater responsibility in pursuing available opportunities.||.
Gertze made the call during the Youth Desk's first official meeting in Keetmanshoop on Friday.
The Oshikoto Directorate of Education, during this year's regional annual Career Fair, engaged 115 schools within eight circuits.
The Career Fair Roadshow, which commenced in June, benefitted between 20 and 600 learners per school in the region.
Young people in the Gam settlement say they are being left behind by other youth in Tsumkwe.
They have accused the youth office in the Tsumkwe Constituency of failing to provide timely information, support, and feedback on funding applications and development opportunities.
The Governor of the |Khomas Region, Sam Nujoma, has called on youth entrepreneurs to make full use of available financing opportunities to grow their businesses and create jobs.
The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, has called on former Mathematics Olympiad participants to mentor young learners and champion STEM education across Namibia.
Learners from schools in the newly established Tsumkwe education circuit gathered on Thursday for a spelling bee competition focused on science, hosted by Tsumkwe Senior Secondary School.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says quality education and training remain one of the government's priorities.
The Oruuano Churches Gobabis branch engaged local young people on challenges such as alcohol abuse and drug abuse and peer pressure, amongst other factors affecting their progress.
The new leadership of the Outjo Constituency Youth Forum under the National Youth Council has engaged young people in the constituency to identify activities aimed at empowering and uplifting them.
The new leadership will serve until 2028.
