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Quality teaching in a quality environment

22 hours ago | Education

Last year, the German embassy in Windhoek was approached by the German, Afrikaans and French language departments of the University of Namibia (UNAM) with regards to equipping a multi-media room for the teaching of languages,...

Training teachers

3 days ago - 23 September 2021 | Education

Old Mutual signed a partnership agreement valued at N$270 000 with the Ministry of Education (MoE) for the training and development of 407 high school Mathematics teachers to qualify for the Certificate in Advanced Mathematics...

Impact of the new school calendar on the education...

5 days ago - 21 September 2021 | Education

Windhoek ∙ [email protected] ministry of education, arts and culture announced a change in the amount of terms for the 2022 school calendar. The new approved school and hostel calendar follows a semester approach, instead of...

No means no!

6 days ago - 20 September 2021 | Education

The US government-funded DREAMS Program recently certified 23 young Namibian women as No-Means-No instructors to train adolescent girls in techniques to protect themselves against gender-based violence (GBV). The training strengthens self-esteem in young women and...

Bussel as uitvoerde direkteur van NIMT aangestel

6 days ago - 20 September 2021 | Education

Arandis • [email protected] Mnr. Ralph Bussel is aangewys as die nuwe uitvoerende direkteur van die Namibiese Instituut vir Mynbou en Tegnologie (NIMT), het die voorsitter van die direksie, mnr. Albius Mwiya, bevestig.Bussel neem oor...

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Investing in education

1 week ago - 15 September 2021 | Education

The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) recently hosted 16 young Namibians on an industrial tour of its Walvis Bay facilities. The Marine Engineering students from the...

Learning under lockdown

1 week ago - 13 September 2021 | Education

Windhoek ∙ [email protected] The Namibian education sector has been pushed to an extent never seen before due to Covid-19. Months of schooling disrupted...

Don’t ban learners over neat hairstyles – Steenkamp

2 weeks ago - 11 September 2021 | Education

Windhoek ∙ [email protected] The education ministry is vehemently opposed to corporal punishment, which has been outlawed in Namibian schools for many years. This is in...

UNAM sticks to online classes…

2 weeks ago - 08 September 2021 | Education

The University of Namibia (UNAM) has decided to continue with online education despite complaints from some students that the e-learning system is flooded with technical...

Africa needs to prioritise STEM-focused education

2 weeks ago - 07 September 2021 | Education

The New York Academy of Sciences estimates that sub-Saharan Africa requires 2.5 million more engineers to address the continent’s gravest development problems.In the past five...

Students gain experience at Namdock

3 weeks ago - 01 September 2021 | Education

Fifteen students from the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) bachelor of technology marine engineering department attended an experiential learning programme hosted by Namdock...

Better technical institutions and industry collaboration needed

3 weeks ago - 31 August 2021 | Education

Swakopmund • [email protected] The Centre for Development Foundation (COSDEF) recently hosted a breakfast meeting with stakeholders at their centre in Swakopmund. Speaking at the event,...

Unam receives over half a...

1 month - 25 August 2021 | Education

Unam Cares recently received a grant of N$600 000 from a consortium of insurance companies called Vaccines for Hope, under the stewardship of Namibia Saving...

Educating can be a life-long...

1 month - 24 August 2021 | Education

Windhoek ∙ [email protected] Very few professions call for the personal and profession buy-in that teaching takes. The input, empathy and safe nurturing space that...

Laptops for local high school...

1 month - 22 August 2021 | Education

Walvis Bay • [email protected] The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) donated laptops worth N$60 000 to Duinesig High School and an additional N$20...

NSFAF urges former loan holders...

1 month - 17 August 2021 | Education

Windhoek ∙ Enzo Amuele The Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) has called on former students who owe the public institution money to pay...

Education ministry offers psychosocial support

1 month - 16 August 2021 | Education

Swakopmund • [email protected] The education inspector in the Swakopmund circuit Tania Louw, has urged learners to step forward if they are emotionally struggling. “Learners must...

Understanding Covid outbreaks in Namibian...

1 month - 11 August 2021 | Education

Children across the world have missed out on months of schooling during the Covid-19 pandemic. In Namibia, the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture (MoEAC)...