Civil servants on maternity leave will now receive their full salaries.

Making the announcement, Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the N$15,000 benefit currently provided by the Social Security Commission (SSC) has been found wanting, especially for civil servants who earn more than what is provided.

In the event that the mother dies, the father of the child will be given paternity leave and receive the benefit. In the absence of both parents, the primary carer will then receive the benefit. All these are on the condition that they are civil servants.

The Namibia National Teachers Union (NANTU) has inaugurated its regional office, valued at N$6.2 million, at Nkurenkuru in the Kavango West Region.

The office was funded through the N$100 monthly contribution of NANTU members in the region.

The Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities (AFTRA) has reaffirmed its commitment to improving teacher welfare and professional development in Africa.

Its president, Professor Josiah Ajboye, made the affirmation at the authority's 10th Teaching and Learning Conference in Windhoek.

The conference provides a platform for professionals in the field of education to interrogate the challenges, issues, and prospects of the profession, with a focus on ways to transform education on the continent.

The Namibia National Teachers Union (NANTU) has joined the chorus of those denouncing the sentiments expressed by the Education, Arts, and Culture Minister, Anna Nghipondoka.

NANTU acting President Daniel Humbu says Nghipondoka's sentiments, in which she squarely placed blame on teachers and education regional directors, are misplaced.

The union leadership is not reacting kindly to the minister's address when she announced the historic failure rate of the 2022 final examination results in December last year.