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Deputy Minister of Education

Dr. Becky Ndjoze-Ojo

Dr. Becky, R.K. Ndjoze-Ojo holds 6 (six) degrees as follows:

Secondary and Primary

WORKING EXPERIENCE

2005 to date    :     Deputy Minister of Education

2000 to 2005   :     Director, Language Centre, (UNAM)

1998 - 2000     :     Deputy Director, Language Centre,UNAM.

1996 - 1997     :     Lecturer (English) for the Centre for External Studies, (CES). Materials Developer particularly for the B.Ed. (English) programme at a distance, (UNAM)

1986 - 1996   :     Lectured at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Nigeria for 10 years:      

1986 - 1988     :      Lecturer (English), School of Basic Studies (SBS), Zaria , Nigeria .

1988 - 1996     :      Lecturer English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of English, ABU.

1996                :     Recruited from ABU, and moved from ABU to UNAM.

1978-1986     :      Prior to Undergraduate studies:     

1978-1980       :      Class Teacher at Theo Katjimune Primary School , Katutura, Windhoek .

1980-1984       :      Teaching Practice in various schools in the United Kingdom .

1982                :     English Teacher at St.Barnabas Higher Primary School, July-September, Windhoek.

1983                :     English Teacher at Bethold Himumuine Primary School July-September, Windhoek.

1986                :     English Teacher at David Bezuidenhout High School , June-September, Windhoek.

WORK RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES: AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL.

2004                :     Member of UNAM Management Committee

2002 -to date    :     Alternating Acting PVC Academic Affairs and Research at UNAM.

2000-2001        :     Chairperson of the Affirmative Action Committee at UNAM.

1998 to date     :      Member of the University Senate, Academic Planning Committee (APC), Deans Committee (DC) etc. at  UNAM.

2001                :     Elected member of the Editorial Board of Communication Studies Journal of the University of Botswana , Gaborone , Botswana .

1999                :     UNAM’s FAWE coordinator and in this capacity attended: A Workshop on Proposal Writing and Development for Females Within Universities, 21-25 June 1999, Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe.  I am currently involved in Gender Research

1999                :     Elected member of the Editorial Board of FAWE Journal, Nairobi , Kenya .

1999                :     Represented the Vice Chancellor to SUMA VI:   the Sixth Senior University Management Course for Vice Chancellors of African Universities, organised by AAU - Association of African Universities. 18 - 25 July 1999 , Abuja , Nigeria

1999                :     Member of the Gender Studies Committee of UNAM and am currently involved in researches geared toward making UNAM a gender - sensitive institution.

1999 - 2000     :      Consultation with NAMPOL: Namibian Police: Trainer of Trainers Programme on Effective Communication and Human Rights in Policing.

1999                :     Recruited as consultant on the Affirmative Action Act with CEM: Council on Education in Management on Employment Equity.  C.E.M is an international organisation operational in South Africa .  I have run workshops for them in Windhoek .

CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS ATTENDED AND PAPERS PRESENTED.  

2004                  :          Panelist at the Ten Year After Apartheid International Conference: Pan-African Perspectives on SA Transition, 24-26 March, Pretoria , South Africa .

2004                  :          Panelist at a Digital Video Conference with Dr. Johnetta B. Cole on Women and Education: The Importance of Education to Nation Building , 8 March, American Cultural Centre – Windhoek , Namibia .

2004                  :          Officiator during the commemoration of “International Women’s Day”, 8 March, Windhoek , Namibia

2004                  :          Civil Society and African Integration Workshop, 20-21 February, Windhoek , Namibia

2003                  :          2^nd PAN AFRICAN Consultative Forum on Corporate Governance, 21-22 July, Kenya .

2003                  :          2^nd National Forum on Human Capital, Development and Knowledge Management, 22-23 September, Swakopmund.

2003                  :          Workshop on Good Governance and Performance Indicators for the Public Sector in Namibia , 28-29 April, Windhoek .

2002                :           Involving Young People in the Design and Implementation of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes: The Case of My Future is My Choice (MFMC) Initiative ( Namibia ). A paper prepared for, and presented to UNESCO/UNDP Satelite Barcelona Conference on Location and Managing the  Impact of HIV/AIDS in the Education Sector, Barcelona , Spain , July 7-12, 2002 .        

2001                 :          An  Impact Assessment Survey of the School-Based HIV/AIDS Programmes in Namibia with Particular Reference to My Future is My Choice (MFMC),  The Namibian Case Study .   A paper prepared for, and presented to: Association for the Development of Education in Africa ADEA’s Sub-Regional Seminar for Identifying Effective Responses to HIV/AIDS for East and Southern African Countries, Ezulwini Valley , Swaziland , July 24-26, 2001 .

2001                  :          Ibid. The above paper was further modified in line with recommendations

                                    from ADEA, and presented to ADEA BIENNALE: REACHING OUT, REACHING ALL. Sustaining Effective Policy and Practice for Education in Africa, Arusha , Tanzania , October 7-11, 2001 .

2001                  :          An assessment of the Impact of ’My Future is My Choice’ (MFMC) HIV/AIDS Programme on Beneficiaries’ Behavioural Patterns in Namibian School in the North Central Region. A paper prepared for and presented to the ‘Research reaching out: Practitioner researchers meet the public’ conference, UNAM: Northern Campus , Namibia , June 7^th-11^th, 2001 . 

 Work in Progress

Distance Education – The Bridge Between, The Namibian Experience. This is book in Progress based on the following papers:

                                    The History and Development of Distance Education in Namibia : A paper presented at UNAMLINK Workshop, International Extension College (IEC), Cambridge , England , UK October 1996.

                                    Towards Globalisation of Distance Education Through Technology in Africa .  The Namibian Experience with Particular Reference to the University of Namibia ’s Centre for External Studies (UNAM’s CES).  A conference paper presented at the International Conference on Technology and Distance Education: Opening New Frontiers for Learning, April 27 – 29, 1997 , Accra , Ghana , West Africa .

                                    Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC).  I have written and presented six Radio Programmes for UNAM on AIR.  The theme was,

                                    The Importance of Education.  This was divided as follows:

·         Education is The Key to your Mental or Cognitive Powers.

·         Education is yours forever - they cannot even inherit it.

·         Education is the Power to serve - not the power to corrupt.

·         Education is a Tedious and Challenging Journey.

·         Distance Education: the Long Journey back to Education.

·         All you need is Distance Education to bridge the gap.

 PUBLICATIONS

 Published

(2002-2003) for 2004: ‘Governance Institutional Reforms and Policy Outcomes in Africa : the case study of the Namibian Language Policy in Education; a Chapter in

Governance, Institutional Reforms and Policy Outcomes in Developing Countries, Namibian and Comparative Lessons.

2002                :          

Draft UNAM/AIRMS Report Phases I and II. Compiled and edited by Becky, R.K. Ndjoze-Ojo 2002:  Language and Education in Namibia:

(i)                 Phase I Language and Education in Namibia : Indigenous Languages and Cultures in Namibia . Toward Promotion, Preservation, Development and Relevant Utilisation of Namibian Indigenous Languages and Cultures in Education;

(ii)               Phase II Language and Education in Namibian: Indigenous Languages and Cultures in Namibia Toward Promotion, Preservation, Development and Relevant Utilisation of Namibia Indigenous Languages and Cultures in Society.

               (iii)        Phase III Writing Text in Indigenous Languages

2001             :            Towards a Global Linguistic Definition of African Literature as a Particular Genre in the next millennium: A Linguistic - Stylistics Approach. A Chapter in Guardian of the Word, (2001) Gamsberg, Windhoek Namibia .

2001                :           An Impact Assessment Survey of the School Based HIV/AIDS    Programmes in Namibia commissioned by MBESC and funded by UNESCO (ADEA) edited by Dr. Becky, R.K. Ndjoze-Ojo January 2001.

2000                :           ‘Can One Language Achieve Indigenous Development?;

                                    A Chapter in Education in Perspective, A commemorative Publication on Namibia ’s Tenth Anniversary of Independence, compiled and edited by Earle Taylor, Ministry of Higher Education Vocational Training Science and Technology: MHEVEST, Windhoek , Namibia .

Theses/Dissertations awaiting Publication

MPPA- AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LANGUAGE POLICY IN EDUCATION IN NAMIBIA ,(2001).

DIPLOMA IN DISTANCE EDUCATION ( MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION),1998.

Ph.D- ERROR ANALYSIS OF THE WRITING OF 100-LEVEL PHARMACY STUDENTS OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA . A LINGUISTIC STUDY,(1995).

M.A ( with TEFL) CONTEMPORARY LINGUISTIC THEORY AND STYLISTIC ANALYSIS,(1985).         

B.Ed. and B.Ed (Hons.) EDUCATION FOR NAMIBIANS WHICH LANGUAGE? (1984),

Work in Progress

(b) Towards Preservation, Promotion, Development and Relevant Utilisation of Indigenous Languages in Education Project.

(i)                 Phase I: Language and Education in Namibia : Indigenous Languages and Cultures in Namibia . Toward Promotion, Preservation, Development and Relevant Utilisation of Namibia Indigenous Languages and Cultures in Education

(ii)               Phase II: Language and Education in Namibia toward Promotion, Preservation, Development and Relevant Utilisation of Namibia Indigenous Languages and Cultures in Society.

(iii)             Phase III: Writing Texts in Indigenous Languages

(c) HIV/AIDS in Education in Namibia with special Reference to ‘My Future is My Choice’ (MFMC). In reference to MBESC Report; Swaziland Seminar; ADEA’s Biennial in Tanzania ; Satelite Conference in Barcelona .

(d) Education in Namibia (B.Ed. Hons Dissertation).

OTHER PAPERS

2000                Toward a Gender Sensitive Equitable, Quantitative and Qualitative Education Provision for Quality Life in Namibia .   A key note paper presented at SACHES 2000, 9^th Annual Conference, 15-18 October, 2000.

2000                The Past, Present and Future Prospects of the Language Policy for Namibia :  A critical Policy Analysis within the context of Global and Future Pragmatics.  A paper presented at the Language Conference 2000.   Language and Development in Southern Africa, making the Right Choices, 11th-13th April 2000, NIED, Okahandja, Namibia.   The paper is to appear in the Conference proceedings, The British Council, Namibia .

1999                English in Namibia within the Global Village phenomenon:   A Revolution that requires no Imposition but Evolution.  A paper for SEAMEO: Southeast Asian  Ministers of Education Organisation: RELC: Regional Language Centre.   The 34^th RELC International Seminar 19 - 21 April 1999, Singapore , South East Asia

1998    -           Towards a Global Linguistic Definition of African Literature as a Particular Genre in the next millennium: A Linguistic - Stylistics Approach.  A paper presented at the 5^th General Conference of the Association of University Teachers of Literature and Language (ATOLL) in the SADC universities, 16 - 21 August 1998, UNAM, Windhoek , Namibia .  (Submitted to Gamsberg and accepted for publication for December 2000).

1996                The History and Development of Distance Education in Namibia .  A paper presented at UNAMLINK Workshop, International Extension College , Cambridge , England , October 1996.

1996                Towards a Mission Statement for UNAM’s CES: University of Namibia ’s Centre for External Studies. A paper presented at the International Extension College , Cambridge , England , October 1996 (later reproduced as the mission statement for CES in 1997)

1996                ‘The Power of English Language in Communication in Namibia ’.  A keynote address, English Week, 22 - 26 April 1996, School of Language , Polytechnic of Namibia.

1995                ‘Error Analysis of 100 level Pharmacy Students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria :  A Linguistic Study.  A PhD Thesis, Ahmadu Bello University , Zaria , Nigeria .  Mimeograph.

1995                ‘Educational Drama and its place in the JSS Curriculum’.  A conference paper presented at (Society of Nigerian Theatre Art’s Convention) SONTA 1995 Convention, University of Benin , Benin , Nigeria .

1994                ‘The Place and Role of English in African Literature’ and ‘What use is Stylistic Analysis of African Literature?’.  Both papers were prepared for the International Conference, University of Calabar , Calabar, Eastern Nigeria .

1992                ‘English in Nigeria , A Revolution that requires no Evolution or Imposition’ and ‘Mobilisation through News’.  Both papers were presented at the 13^th Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN) Conference, University of Abuja , Abuja , Nigeria , and published in the Proceedings of the Conference.

1991                Commissioned papers as seven chapters on Phonetics and Phonology for DEC: Distance Education Centre at Abuja , Abuja , Nigeria .  Published 1994 as two separate manuals. (See the attached Certificates of Authorship).

1988 - 1990     ‘Micro Teaching in Teacher’s Training: A necessity in African Institution of Learning.  ‘A paper presented at the Departmental Seminar, Department of English, Ahmadu Bello University , Zaria , Nigeria .

1985                ‘Language in Education in Namibia : A pre-independence Perspective - A projection into the future of English Language in Namibia .  A Seminar paper presented at the Linguistic Society of Durham Student, University of Durham , Durham , United Kingdom .

1985                Contemporary Linguistic Theory and Stylistic Analysis, M.A. dissertation, University of Durham , Durham , England .  Mimeograph.

1984                ‘Education for Namibians - which Language?’  A B.Ed(Hons) dissertation.  University of Ulster , Belfast , Northern Ireland .  mimeograph.

1983                ‘Der Schultz’s Stein.’  A Translation of ‘The Heavy Stone’.  A poem translated and published in Professor Peter Schultz’s book Amaatla Maandla: Neue Gedichte aus den Südafrikanischen Widerstand, 1983, Weltkreis , Hamburg , Germany .

G:        SUPERVISORY ROLE:

I have supervised, and are supervising the following candidates:

2004:   MPPA student: Mr. P. I. Muteyauli   “A critical Scrutiny of Employment Benefits   in the                                                   Namibia ’s Public Service:  Are the Benefits Fair and rational?”

2004:   MPPA student:  Mr. G. Tjihenuna      “The Creation of the Anti-Corruption Commission                                                    in Namibia :  A Historical Perspective of the Policy Design”.

2003:   Ph. D student and visiting scholar(USA- Pensylavania):  Ms. A. Dialo        “The                                                                Ethnographic study of Language Policy Implementation in                                                               Namibia ’s schools”.

1995:   M.A student:  Ms M. V. Ifeanyi         “The Language and Stylistic Analysis of Newspaper                                      writing in Nigeria ”.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

1999 to Date   :           Member of the Working Committee, and also Board member of PACON:   Pan African Centre of Namibia and member of the Technical Committee on the Film Project:  “Where Others Wavered”.

2001                :           Talk of the Nation Programme:      PACON, AU, NEPAD

2002                :           Talk of the Nation Programme:      PACON:  Significance of Africa Day

2003                :           Talk of the Nation Programme:      The role of indigenous Languages in the Development of Namibia.

2003 to Date     :           Chairperson of Pan African Centre of Namibia (PACON)

2003 to Date     :           Director of Namibia Petroleum Corporation (NAMCOR)

2004                :           Presenter of Talk of the Nation, NBC  

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