Teaching and learning at Keetmanshoop-based Don Bosco Primary School were disrupted today as learners had to mop up flooded classrooms following heavy rains on Tuesday. Benedictus |Narib, the principal of Don Bosco Primary School, says the rainwater flooded two blocks of classrooms. The principal described Tuesday’s natural calamity as a river flowing into classrooms from...
By Freeman Ya Ngulu. The 32nd Annual Conference of the Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (SAARMSTE) is taking place from 16 to 18 January 2024 in Windhoek. The event is centred on the theme of “Rethinking Relevant Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education for the 4th Industrial Revolution...
As the first day of the school calendar year dawned on Namibia, the nbc News team paid a visit to some schools in Rundu. At Dr. Alpo Mbamba Secondary School, a number of parents were waiting in the queue to register their children for the new academic year. The school hall was occupied with teachers,...
To address the lack of space during the academic year, the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture opened 16 new schools. Speaking to The Namibian, executive director of the education ministry Sanet Steenkamp said: “We wish to announced that 16 schools, although on a smaller scale, have been established.” She added that 723 teaching positions...
The other day I read an article by Frieda Amukongo, titled ‘Will a Holistic Approach Help Address the Discipline Issue in Schools?’ As an educator myself, I couldn’t help but agree with what she said. I mean, gone are the days that pupils actually respect teachers – let alone listen to them. As much as...
Wanderers and national netball team player Salome Davin was one of Namibia’s best goal defenders of her generation but the Windhoek-born star refuses to bask in any praise of her achievements. Although she captained both her secondary school team and the pre-independence national schools team, the Jan Mohr Secondary School matriculant remains as humble as...
Make-up artist Renate Shikongo has launched make-up seminars aimed at teaching people how to enhance their beauty. This comes after she earlier this month started collaborating with Avon, she says. Shikongo says she believes in the brand, and the collaboration will help her to do more to help better the local industry. She says motivating...