Nanso demands removal of colonial artefacts in Namibia
NAMPA
WINDHOEK
The Namibian National Students Organisation (Nanso) has expressed support in the petition and voices calling for the removal of the 'gallows' structure in Henties Bay.
Its president, Simon Taapopi, said the structure was “a painful reminder of the hundreds of years which black-faced the wrath of white colonisation”.
“Nanso also stands in solidarity with the public's call to remove the statue of Curt von Francois in front of the City of Windhoek,” Taapopi said and also called for the renaming of all schools which memorialise white imperialists and colonisation, and which revere the white colonisation.
“Schools such as Noodgrens, Caprivi Senior Secondary School, must be renamed to more racially sensitive figures,” Taapopi suggested. Taapopi further called for the establishment of a review committee with the intention to review the history curriculum in the basic education sector, in order to establish the extent to which the said curriculum promotes a distorted history.
“And, the changes that must be made in the teaching and examining of history as a subject in Namibian schools,” he explained.
Abortion
On the outcome of the recently ended General Student Council (GSC) meeting held under the theme 'Nanso in Reflection: Accountability to Students and Learner,' the GSC took the position to support the voices demanding the legalisation of abortion, he said. The legalisation of abortion is currently being debated on in the National Assembly.
He mentioned the GSC discussed the basic education in light of Covid-19 pandemic support the gradual reopening of schools on condition that they conform to the standards such as individual schools must be prepared so that response and academic recovery plans must be made available and approved by the school-boards, Taapopi noted.
He stressed Covid-19 safety regulations must be observed strictly.
The meeting took place at the Otjikondo village in the Kunene Region on 26 to 29 June 2020.
WINDHOEK
The Namibian National Students Organisation (Nanso) has expressed support in the petition and voices calling for the removal of the 'gallows' structure in Henties Bay.
Its president, Simon Taapopi, said the structure was “a painful reminder of the hundreds of years which black-faced the wrath of white colonisation”.
“Nanso also stands in solidarity with the public's call to remove the statue of Curt von Francois in front of the City of Windhoek,” Taapopi said and also called for the renaming of all schools which memorialise white imperialists and colonisation, and which revere the white colonisation.
“Schools such as Noodgrens, Caprivi Senior Secondary School, must be renamed to more racially sensitive figures,” Taapopi suggested. Taapopi further called for the establishment of a review committee with the intention to review the history curriculum in the basic education sector, in order to establish the extent to which the said curriculum promotes a distorted history.
“And, the changes that must be made in the teaching and examining of history as a subject in Namibian schools,” he explained.
Abortion
On the outcome of the recently ended General Student Council (GSC) meeting held under the theme 'Nanso in Reflection: Accountability to Students and Learner,' the GSC took the position to support the voices demanding the legalisation of abortion, he said. The legalisation of abortion is currently being debated on in the National Assembly.
He mentioned the GSC discussed the basic education in light of Covid-19 pandemic support the gradual reopening of schools on condition that they conform to the standards such as individual schools must be prepared so that response and academic recovery plans must be made available and approved by the school-boards, Taapopi noted.
He stressed Covid-19 safety regulations must be observed strictly.
The meeting took place at the Otjikondo village in the Kunene Region on 26 to 29 June 2020.
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