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Karasburg schools without water

5 days ago - 19 July 2017 | Education

The water supply to four schools at Karasburg in the //Karas Region has been suspended, Namibian Sun has learned.There are strong suggestions that the electricity supply to these schools may be cut too.The permanent secretary...

Schoolgirl pregnancy shocker

1 week ago - 17 July 2017 | Education

Education authorities in the north are grappling with rising teenage pregnancy and many girls of schoolgoing age are dropping out of school due to the problem. Alarming statistics provided to this newspaper by the Ohangwena...

Pohamba to step down as Unam chancellor

1 week ago - 12 July 2017 | Education

Former President Hifikepunye Pohamba is stepping down as chancellor of the University of Namibia after his six-year term.Pohamba announced this to the media at State House this morning, after a closed door meeting with President...

Namcol adapts to thinner purse

3 weeks ago - 30 June 2017 | Education

With a possible 47% budget cut on the cards, the Namibian College of Open Learning (Namcol) says it already implemented several steps to mitigate the thinner purse without negatively impacting the more than 47 000...

Students left out in the cold

1 month - 19 June 2017 | Education

More than 200 Namibian students studying in Russia on scholarships are struggling to survive after government failed to send their living allowances for nearly seven weeks. The 213 students who are on a full-bonded scholarship...

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Aanaskola taya longelwa mootenda

1 month - 19 June 2017 | Education

MICHAEL KAYUNDEAanaskola moskola yaMount-View High School molukanda lwaBabylon mOvenduka, oya holola onkalo ya nayipala ya kehe esiku sho oskola ndjoka tayi longitha ootenda onga...

Cota students end strike, classes to resume

1 month - 15 June 2017 | Education

College of the Arts (Cota) students enrolled for its media courses will resume classes next week Monday after government agreed to meet their demands. The...

NSFAF denies fault in loan delays

1 month - 13 June 2017 | Education

The Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund said delays in loan payments are most often due to incomplete paperwork from either students or the institutions they...

Back to school campaign launched

1 month - 08 June 2017 | Education

The Deputy Minister for Marginalised People in the Office of the President, Johan Kxao /Ui/o/oo has launched the 'Back to School and Stay in School'...

School enrollment opens

1 month - 02 June 2017 | Education

Education minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa announced that the application process for pre-primary school and Grades 1 and 8 opened yesterday. She called on parents and guardians...

Unam expels SRC president

1 month - 31 May 2017 | Education

The expulsion of the Unam Student Representative Council (SRC) president, Joseph Kalimbwe, along with two other students is turning ugly with allegations levelled left, right...

Schools to open on time

2 months ago - 17 May 2017 | Education

Public schools will reopen on 30 May for the second trimester as per the approved 2017 school calendar, and not on 11 June as is...

Unam students charged for grabbing...

2 months ago - 15 May 2017 | Education

KENYA KAMBOWEThe University of Namibia (Unam) on Friday opened a criminal case against a number of students from the Oshakati campus for erecting a shack...

Ondangwa donates land for new...

2 months ago - 27 April 2017 | Education

The Ondangwa Town Council has donated about 10 hectares of land to the University of Namibia to start a new campus. The piece of land...

Plugging education's holes

2 months ago - 25 April 2017 | Education

Parents, teachers, school boards and the private sector can help soften the blow of the cost-cutting measures implemented at schools because of budget cuts.One of...

Ongwediva's Medipark goes academic

2 months ago - 24 April 2017 | Education

The school of medicine at the University of Namibia (Unam) will now rely on specialists and medical facilities at the Ongwediva private hospital, Medipark in...

Oshipangelo shoMedipark mOngwediva sha ningi...

2 months ago - 24 April 2017 | Education

Ø Medipark oku na iikwaniipangitho ayihe tayi pumbiwaOngwediva Medipark oya patulula omiyelo dhawo opo Unam a vule okulongitha oondohotola dha thika po-30 momailongo ga...

Pupil repeats grade five times

3 months ago - 21 April 2017 | Education

The directorate of education in the Oshana Region has indicated that it will investigate a northern school principal for refusing to promote a learner who...