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ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUBJECT MATERIALS LAUNCHED

Photo: The Minister of Education, Nangolo Mbumba and his deputy, Dr. Becky Ndjoze-Ojo holding the new materials for the new Entrepreneurship subject.

The Ministry of Education recently launched the subject and promotional materials for the Entrepreneurship subject. This new subject will be introduced in all schools next year (2008) starting with Grade 5 and Grade 8.

In the Junior Secondary phase (grades 8-10), Entrepreneurship will be introduced as a subject to replace Business Management while entrepreneurial awareness will be incorporated in the subject content of the practical subjects in the Upper Primary phase (grades 5-7).

The introduction of the Entrepreneurship subject is part of the Education and Training Sector Improvement Programme (ETSIP) which amongst others, aims to prepare learners for the ‘outside world’ and equip learners with the necessary skills to start their own small and medium enterprises. 

The Minister of Education, Nangolo Mbumba, officially launched the materials.

Since the 2006 launch of Entrepreneurship as a subject to be introduced in our schools,  various developments have taken place. They are listed below:

·         The syllabus was approved

·         First phase of Teachers’ Guide for grades 8-10

·         Textbooks approved and included on Textbook catalogue.

·         Textbooks ordered to be at schools at the beginning of 2008

·         In-service training of 46 trainer of trainers to do regional training in all 13 regions

·         Promotion and information dissemination:

-Presentations to various stakeholders

-Flyers in English

-Newspaper inserts translated in the local languages appeared in newspapers on 9 August 2007.

The Ministry’s partners in this project are Bank Windhoek , Shell Namibia , Namibia Association of Norway and the United Nations Industrial Development Fund.

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