Sport strengthens education

Elizabeth JosephWINDHOEKThe recently concluded National Education Conference discussed ways to strengthen sports policies for the country’s youth.Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) member, Tunomwaameni Epafras, emphasised that sports policies should set a framework for the professionalisation of sports in Namibia.“We need to nationalise these policies, making sure they speak to the average African athlete, if not the Namibian athlete,” he said during the discussion on Friday last week.In addition, Star For Life country manager, Susan Linosi, said sport is pivotal for character building.“When young people are involved in sports, it helps them learn responsibility. Brain functioning and the child’s academic performance are all things that will benefit from strong sports policies,” Linosi said.InclusivityYouth living with disabilities were represented during the conference by Joshua Amukwaya.Amukwaya was one of the few young people who joined the Namibian delegation in Paris for the Education Conference this year.Amukwaya highlighted that discrimination should “not exist in sports because that is the only subject that covers the well-being of the child entirely.”After a decadeIt has been a decade since the end of the 2011 National Conference on Education, which aimed to improve and reform the system.In conjunction with this, the 2022 conference aimed to measure progress made on the implementation of the recommendations of the 2011 National Conference on Education and the Sustainable Development Goals 4, which aim to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.”The education ministry referred to the announcement by UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, about the hosting of the Transforming Education Summit (TES) slated for September this year, during the 77th session of the UN general assembly.“TES will be a high-level meeting, which will provide an opportunity to mobilise greater political ambition and commitment to accelerate progress on education and the 2030 Agenda,” the ministry said.

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