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.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called for greater investment in education on Friday, saying African countries could use schools and skills training to drive development and overcome the legacy of colonialism and apartheid.
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.
The Namibia Training Authority (NTA) has handed over pre-vocational education support funding for 2026/2027, totalling N$1 million, to seven schools. The initiative aims to enhance technical skills and provide career guidance.
Isuswa Junior Primary School in the Katima Mulilo rural constituency is one of the many under-developed schools in the Zambezi Region.
For over 39 years, the school functioned with limited basic resources.
The Zambezi Education Directorate has received a donation of chairs and desks from the Namibia Fish Consumption and Promotion Trust (NFCPT).
The Public Enterprises CEOs' Forum is set to donate N$500,000 to four schools in the Kavango East Region.
The schools are Kaisosi Combined School, Livuyu Junior Primary School, Kippi George Primary School and Sarusungu Combined School.
The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture has attributed the temporary suspension of 2027 learner admissions in parts of the Erongo Region to schools applying a first-come, first-served system, which triggered panic among parents.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says education remains Namibia's most powerful tool to build an inclusive and prosperous society.
Nandi-Ndaitwah said this in a message read on her behalf at the official opening of Fillipus Aupa Nangolo Secondary School in Okaku Village in the Oshana Region.
Education stakeholders in the Erongo Region have gathered in Swakopmund to confront declining academic performance and develop strategies aimed at restoring the region's educational excellence.
