Education in Namibia

  • African Union merges science and education bodies

    BOTSWANA, 2016/01/13 The Africa Union has merged its science and education bodies in a move designed to improve sectoral relationships, effectiveness and efficiency. The African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology and the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union will presently operate as one entity. “The decision of the heads of states was as well motivated by the need to streamline ministerial conferences, limit their number and confer the power to convene them to the African Union Commission and save costs,” Dr Mahama Ouedraogo, the African Union’s chief of human resources, science and technology, told University World News.

  • Government has tasked the Minister of Education Dr David Namwandi

    NAMIBIA, 2014/03/15 Government has tasked the Minister of Education Dr David Namwandi to formulate a plan that will see secondary education being offered for free at all national schools. Free secondary education is expected to start by 2016 . This will come hot on the heels of government having started to offer free primary education in 2013 in accordance with Article 20 of the Namibian Constitution. President Hifikepunye Pohamba revealed this during the inauguration of the Mutual Keetmanshoop Mall yesterday morning.

  • Namcol launches E-Learning portal

    NAMIBIA, 2013/05/16 Namibian College of Open Learning (Namcol) - Due to the limitations and challenges inherent in the use of multimedia resources in Namibia, the Namibian College of Open Learning (Namcol) yesterday launched a collaborative learning portal known as Notesmaster Namibia. The project will establish a world network of tailored e-learning websites by 2015, starting with partnerships with government, examination councils and distance learning colleges in Commonwealth nations. Notesmaster Namibia is available at no cost and the services to be offered are as well 100 % free of charge to both students and teachers.

  • Building an African model

    BOTSWANA, 2013/04/13 While concerns around how well Africa’s business schools are equipping graduates for the challenges of local business linger, increasingly innovative approaches to entrepreneurial executive education are contributing additional systemically to talent pool growth
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