Dare to dream

Mariselle Stofberg WINDHOEK The DayDream Institute of Training and Skills Development is a newly established Namibian-owned private educational, vocational and training institution. It offers tertiary education courses in management, commerce and business studies, manufacturing, engineering, information technology, physical planning and construction, education, training and development, sports, culture, arts, law, military science, security, health science and social services. It also provides tutorial/lecturer classes to students at certificate and diploma level. Additionally, it offers a variety of capacity-building and industry soft skills development short courses within the scope of on the job training, corporate training, seminars, workshops and business coaching in the Namibian business industry. This covers various professional business areas such as business studies, banking and finance, education and training practice, building and construction, sports, computer and engineering, agriculture and farmer development, occupational health and safety and linguistics.“Our vision is to be a premier institute for training and industry skills development through continual innovation in education, research, creativity, and entrepreneurship,” Kalenga Paulus, the founder of the institute, said.Transformative“We hope to be a transformative institute, focused on providing unique and high quality accessible and nationally and internationally recognised educational programmes. We want to positively contribute to the educational and economic development of local communities and the nation as a whole,” Paulus added. The institute was founded on 23 September 2019 and offers full-time, part-time, distance and online learning. It also offers face-to-face classes with a maximum of 15 participants per classes due to limited space. The institution has satellite centres such as the Ombili computer training centre, the NamCloud computer training centre and the main centre in Windhoek West. Unique learning environmentThe institute accommodates disadvantaged and marginalised youth and is focused on capacity-building, industrial skills development training for individuals and corporate training for businesses, government, parastatals, non-governmental organisations and private companies.“We have qualified part-time staff members and partnered industry stakeholders in every field who are specialists in the line courses and assist students with job searching after the completion of their studies. “We also assist and prepare students to become job creators by providing business training, assisting with business registration, business planning, company profile development, logo design, web development, sales and marketing training, human resources principles and have qualified facilitators who are subject matter experts,” Paulus said. The institution is run by young individuals who have a long-term vision of creating a training institution reaching villages and providing opportunities to all, regardless of gender, high school academic performance, race, colour or background.RequirementsThe minimum requirements for study include that a candidate must have obtained a grade 12 certificate with at least 20 points, or a grade 10 certificate with 18 points, both with an E symbol in English in five subjects, or 23 years of mature age entry. There are no pre-request requirements for capacity-building and soft skills short courses.“A high number of graduates from academic institutions are sitting at home with degrees hoping for employment from the government or private sector. With the economic crisis the country is experiencing and the arrival of Covid-19, the industry is tough now because the youth lack the industrial skills and experience needed for the job,” Paulus added. “The future of the country belongs to the youth and they need to be equipped with the necessary skills and be prepared for leadership positions in any sphere. This is a small country with a lot of resources and the youth are capable and can deliver if support is given to them. “They have a better understanding of where the country is moving to in terms of technology and the economy and fresh minds are needed on the ground which understand people’s wants and needs,” he added. Prospective students can apply online at sims.com.na/ddi. For more information, email info.daydreaminstitute@gmail.com or call 081 444 8889.

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