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TEACHERS IN CAPRIVI CELEBRATE EDU-SECTOR HEALTH DAY

Dr. Richard N Kamwi, Minister of Health and Social Services

Educators in the Caprivi Region turned up in numbers to commemorate the Edu-Sector Health day held at the Caprivi college of Education on Friday 20th February 2009 under the theme ‘Healthy Workforce for better Service Delivery, Healthy Teachers For Quality Education’.

The day, which is aimed at exposing and providing education sector’ employees and their families with HIV/AIDS prevention, voluntary testing and counseling communication saw countless employees turn up for HIV/AIDS testing. 

Officiating at the event, the Minister of Health and Social Services, Richard Nchabi Kamwi said, since the education sector is the single largest employer with over 40 000 people it has an immense responsibility to ensure the preservation of its human capital. Read more on this story


CAPRIVI URGED TO INCREASE THE STANDARD AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION

The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Richard Nchabi Kamwi gave a stern warning to the Caprivi Regional Education Office following the declining rate of education in the region.

Kamwi who made the remarks during the Edu-Sector health day held at the Caprivi College of Education could not hide his dissatisfaction as he called on the Education Regional Director together with the teaching staff to pull themselves from underneath and commit themselves in providing quality education similar to the past. “Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate, Ordinary and Higher level results for 2008, Caprivi was number 10 and 13 out of 13 regions compared to the past when the passing rate was one of the best”. Read more on this story


LUX Development Donates Books and Electronic Equipments worth more than N$ 2 million

The Luxembourg Agency for Development Cooperation (LUX Development), donated library books, computers, electronic equipment and library furniture to the Ministry of Education on 14 February 2008. The donated goods are earmarked for 11 schools in the Caprivi and Omaheke regions.  

The donation goods are valued at 200 000 EURO (approx, N$ 2 232 080). The 11 schools were selected by LUX Development in consultation with the Ministry’s Directorate of National Library and Archives Services (NLAS).  

The goods will only be delivered to the schools once the conditions of the libraries at the selected schools are assessed, then refurbished and furnished if necessary in order to ensure the safety of the books and the equipment.  


MINISTRY OF EDUCATION RECEIVES ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS FROM USAID BES 3 PROJECT

The Ministry of Education received a donation of 6 laptops and 10 digital cameras from the USAID Basic Education Support (BES) Projects while the Ministry provided 5 laptops, files and stationary to the NESE teams.  

The electronic equipments were handed to the Ministry on 01 February 2008. 

According to Mr. Alfred Ilukena, Under Secretary for formal Education at the Ministry of Education, it is best for the Ministry to identify its own deficiencies in order to enable schools and the Ministry at large to plan more efficiently.  Read more....


Award by the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL)  

The Ministry of Education signed an Accreditation Agent Agreement with the ICDL Foundation of South Africa in 2006. The aim is to have all school leaving learners, qualified in the ICDL to ensure that Namibia has an ICT literate population which is in line with Vision 2030. Read more....


Dr. Matsepe-Casaburri’s visit

Dr. Matsepe-Casaburri’s visit was aimed at seeking support from Namibia to work collaboratively with other SADC member states to pull together resources to improve the education of the African child as well as developing ICT’s in the SADC community.

They are pictured with the Namibian Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Hon. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (far left) and SA High Commissioner to Namibia, HE. Ms. Eunice Valerie Gabatlhaoloe (second from right). Read more...


Training Workshops on HIV and AIDS Manual  

Incorporating HIV and AIDS in the adult education curriculum

The Ministry of Education’s plan to introduce HIV and AIDS as a subject in the school curriculum is a welcoming move. Children need to be alerted about the pandemic at early age, if Namibia wants to reduce the HIV and AIDS among its youths. This effort to sensitise our learners about the disease did not leave out Adult learners in the Directorate of Adult Education under the Ministry of Education. Read more...


ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUBJECT MATERIALS LAUNCHED

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. Read more....

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


ECB donates to ETSIP

The Electricity Control Board donated N$ 20 000 the Ministry of Education’s ETSIP programme.

The donation is part of the N$ 50 000 pledged at last year’s Roundtable Pledging Conference. The rest of the pledge will be paid out of the next three years.

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