It is the responsibility of everyone to identify the shortcomings at schools and take the necessary steps to ensure inclusivity.
This was said by Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs, Alexia Manombe-Ncube, who stressed the importance of ending exclusivity in education on the basis of learners' socio-economic sources, ethnicity, gender, race, culture, and disability.
The Deputy Minister for Disability Affairs, Alexia Manombe-Ncube, says mainstreaming disability issues is an integral part of relevant strategies for sustainable development.
Manombe-Ncube was speaking at the International Day of People with Disabilities, which took place at Katima Mulilo.
''People with disabilities need empowerment; youth with disabilities need employment; they need housing; they need to look after their families; so that is the one thing that must be recognised; they need to be in politics; they need to be elected in positions of decision-making''.
The recognition of sign language for use on public platforms, especially during national events, was recently on the agenda of the National Assembly. A motion in this regard was tabled by Alexia Manombe-Ncube, the Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs.
The House discussed the importance of designating sign language interpreters for live parliamentary debates.
The Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs, Alexia Manombe-Ncube, has tabled a motion in the National Assembly for the official recognition of Namibian Sign Language as one of the national languages of Namibia.
She also proposed the appointment of sign language interpreters for live parliamentary debates.
Manombe-Ncube's motion is aligned with Namibia's constitution and international commitments, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs, Alexia Manombe-Ncube, says persons with disabilities must be strategic when choosing what to study as it will increase job opportunities.
Manombe Ncube was speaking at a workshop for organisations of people with disabilities on the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs, Alexia Manombe-Ncube in her capacity as patron of G.K Wahl Combined School in Kalfeld has donated two printers to the school.
The school has over the years struggled with the printing of study, test, and examination materials.
G.K Wahl Combined School has been struggling with a faulty printer over the years and it was, therefore, a joyous moment for the learners and teachers to receive two new printers.
Traveling 71 kilometers to Otjiwarongo for printing purposes is now something of the past.
The Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs has expressed concern about the high number of children living with disabilities in Namibia who are not able to attend school due to discriminating factors.
Alexia Manombe-Ncube was speaking at the National Disabilities Conference in Windhoek today.
She explained that most children living with disabilities are unable to attend school because most schools in Namibia are not accommodating enough for them.
Stringent measures and policy interventions are needed to address the non-attendance of early childhood development classes among children with disabilities.
Two years ago, the Deputy Minister for Disability Affairs, Alexia Manombe-Ncube, said about 2 595 children with disabilities aged between three and five did not attend early childhood development programs in Namibia.
