News By Category Education

Line drawn between initiation and orientation at Swakop school

1 week ago - 18 January 2022 | Education

Swakopmund • [email protected] Character building, discipline and academic performance are considered respectable outcomes of orientation for new school learners while practices that could involve physical and psychological abuse under the guise of initiation...

Grade 8 initiation turns sour

2 weeks ago - 13 January 2022 | Education

Swakopmund • [email protected] Parents of Grade 8 learners at Namib High School in Swakopmund on Wednesday threatened legal action against the school for alleged cruel and abusive treatment of their children during the...

School calendar set for 2022

3 weeks ago - 01 January 2022 | Education

The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture announced that government schools will start on 10 January 2022 for learners and 6 January 2022 for teachers.The total school days for 2022 will be 195 with the...

Namibia Media Holdings annual bursary opportunity

1 month - 15 December 2021 | Education

Windhoek • Desiree Gases Namibia Media Holdings (NMH), the largest media company in Namibia, every year invites learners to apply for a bursary for undergraduate studies in journalism, digital marketing and television production. The...

Knowledge is power

1 month - 09 December 2021 | Education

Swakopmund • [email protected] Namcol scholarships for tertiary programmes are open, with the application process set to close on 7 January 2022. The tertiary programmes are distance education study programmes, with students being supported...

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University of Namibia student setting the bar high

1 month - 08 December 2021 | Education

A fourth-year bachelor of accounting student at the University of Namibia (Unam), Gideon Shilunga, recently received US$5 000 from the Tony Elumelu Foundation to finance...

N$24 million make over for Dibasen HS

1 month - 08 December 2021 | Education

Okombahe • [email protected] The ministry of education, arts and culture (MoEAC) handed over a newly renovated school structure at Dibasen High School in Okombahe...

Exam papers leaked

1 month - 05 December 2021 | Education

The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture (MoEAC) is disappointed about the leakage of some examination question papers for the October/November 2021 Namibia Senior Secondary...

Nust marine engineering students seek over N$3 million

1 month - 03 December 2021 | Education

Windhoek ∙ Enzo AmueleA group of 16 students in a marine engineering degree programme at the University of Science and Technology (NUST) in partnership with...

N$2.5m Unam lab to speed up research

1 month - 01 December 2021 | Education

Windhoek ∙ Ellanie Smit A laboratory established at the University of Namibia (Unam) will assist the environment ministry to develop comprehensive baseline maps and...

Dolphin schools continue to make waves

1 month - 01 December 2021 | Education

Walvis Bay • [email protected] The Dolphin schools in Walvis Bay have been a beehive of activity over the past month and currently boast with numerous...

Covid-19 pandemic reforms education

1 month - 30 November 2021 | Education

Windhoek ∙ Iréne-Mari van der Walt Amidst the looming uncertainty of the new semester calendar ushered in by the ministry of education, arts and...

Apprenticeship bursaries offered by Namdock

2 months ago - 17 November 2021 | Education

Namibia Drydock and Ship Repair (Namdock) in Walvis Bay is offering apprenticeship bursaries for dynamic young Namibians wishing to pursue studies in technical vocational education....

Seaside hosts first grade 7...

2 months ago - 17 November 2021 | Education

Walvis Bay • [email protected] Seaside Primary School in Walvis Bay held their first graduation ceremony for their grade 7 learners. This is the first...

Celebrating the children of the...

2 months ago - 10 November 2021 | Education

Windhoek ∙ Yolanda NelNovember 20 marks World Children’s Day to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare.Unicef, together with the non-profit...

Teaching regulatory authority to be...

2 months ago - 09 November 2021 | Education

Windhoek ∙ [email protected] A conference was held in Windhoek last week by the ministry of education and the Namibia National Teachers’ Union (Nantu) to...

KLAS VAN 2021 GROET

2 months ago - 07 November 2021 | Education

Met die einde van die jaar wat wink, hou baie skole nou hul afskeids- en matriekafskeidseremonies. Hier is De Duine Sekondêre Skool se klas van...

Study loan defaulters to face...

2 months ago - 02 November 2021 | Education

Windhoek ∙ [email protected] The acting CEO of the Namibian Student Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF), Kennedy Kandume, says beneficiaries owe the fund N$2.6 billion. According...