The Director of Education in the Kavango West Region, Pontianus Musore, has said that the registration of learners for the 2026 academic year has been smooth.
Musore highlighted that the Ministry has also made provision to provide a conducive teaching environment.
The ||Kharas Education Director, Nicolaas Eiman, says it is all systems go when the new academic year starts on Monday.
Eiman told NBC News that both urban and rural schools are ready for the 2026 academic year despite some challenges.
The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture has warned schools not to force parents to buy items or pay unauthorised fees.
The Ministry clarified that public schools are not allowed to force parents to buy stationery or cleaning materials or pay registration fees.
As schools re-opens on Monday, next week, the Police have launched a road safety campaign in Khorixas aimed at reducing the rising number of road accidents involving learners.
A funding injection of nearly N$5 million is set to transform education in the Kavango West Region, as new classrooms and facilities at Maporeza and Cause Primary Schools promise improved learning and better job opportunities for the community.
The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture's (MEIYSAC) Deputy Executive Director Edda Bohn stated that the Promotion Policy remains unchanged when referring to the national Promotion Policy document.
A retired principal, Buks Platt, stated that the 2015 National Promotion Policy Guide, which determines whether learners are promoted, transferred, or repeat a grade, is confusing.
Some Grade 8 learners at Katjinakatji Senior Secondary School in the Kavango West Region are writing their final examinations without proper chairs or desks, forcing them to stand or sit on broken furniture.
The communities of Okathitu Kambanda, Embwa, and Oluteyi in the Omusati Region met the government halfway by raising funds to construct a 4-kilometre access road.
The new road, located along the envisaged Epato-Ombathi gravel route, will link residents to nearby clinics, churches, and schools.
Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, has acknowledged that, despite Namibia’s strong legal and policy frameworks promoting national unity, the enforcement of anti-tribalism measures in schools remains inconsistent, allowing ethnic divisions and stereotypes to persist
