A group of parents of learners at Keetmanshoop’s Mina Sachs Primary School are demanding the reversal of the appointment of the new principal. The disgruntled parents marched to the ||Kharas Education Directorate office to petition against what they termed ‘an irregular recruitment process’. They maintained that the appointed principal was not recommended by the school...
… Anti-Corruption Commission investigating The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating a case in which the principal of Hermann Gmeiner Primary School in Windhoek allegedly awarded a tender to construct classrooms to a company in which she is a co-owner. The tender was for the construction of six classrooms, a storeroom and toilets, and cost the...
Following the retirement of the highly respected principal of the Deutsche Hoehere Privatschule in Windhoek, Kristin Eichholz, the new incumbent has huge shoes to fill. This requirement materialised with the arrival of the new principal, Mr Jörg Przybilla. Mr Przybilla started as DHPS principal this past Monday, 29 January. He was a member of the...
Staff Reporter THE Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Technology, and Innovation, Nathalia /Goagoses, has implored the Directorate of Education in the Hardap Region to work tirelessly to fill the numerous vacant positions within the region’s educational leadership. She made this plea during the official opening of the Regional Stakeholders Education Conference for the Hardap Region,...
The education ministry has indicated that it will launch an investigation into a common assault case reported at Rundu Junior Primary School last week involving the school principal and a female teacher, Fey Pinto. Education executive director (ED) Sanet Steenkamp yesterday said due processes will be followed to get to the bottom of the matter....
The highly anticipated annual Sem Kasete sports tournament has recently concluded, leaving various schools with top honors and well-deserved bragging rights. As the host school, Coblenz Combined School, together with the Kasete family, co-organized this remarkable event. Principal Ebson-Ebbs Kuzatjike of Coblenz Combined School took a moment to reflect on the significance and profound impact...
By Staff reporter RUNDU, August 11 – Lorette van Zyl, a well-known principal of Rundu Afrikaans Private School and a former Kavango netball regional coach, passed away on Wednesday evening at a local hospital in Rundu, located in the Kavango East region. Affectionately known as Mrs. van Zyl, she was a respected figure in the...
Staff Reporter ONNO Amutenya has been appointed as the Acting Chief Executive and Principal Officer (CEO/PO) of the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) for a period of six months or until a substantive CEO/PO has been appointed. This was recently announced by GIPF’s Board of Trustees, who revealed that Amutenya will assume the position of...
Residents of Tsjaka in the Omaheke Region, along with farmers in the Kalahari Constituency, are demanding the removal or transfer of the principal at Mphe Thuto Primary School. The community accuses the school principal of not prioritising the education sector and of failing to address the shortage of teachers at the school. Two subjects have...