School sports revived
The long-anticipated school sports project for the Khomas and Ohangwena regions was inaugurated on Friday at the Concordia College in Windhoek, witnessed by local and international dignitaries.
With the aim of improving the infrastructure, equipment and number of trained coaches and physical education teachers in schools and communities, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Youth and Sport, in cooperation with the Namibia Football Association (NFA), signed an agreement with the German development cooperation agency earlier this year.
At Friday's ceremony, deputy minister of education Anna Nghipondoka encouraged the youth to participate in sport, saying it was not only beneficial to their health but helped positive development through providing alternative norms, values, knowledge and experience.
Speaking on behalf of Minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, Nghipondoka added that the project was not only for schools but would also encourage communities to utilise the facilities and help develop the nation. She urged teachers to stop using PE periods as “free periods”, as that deprived students of discovering their potential.
Also present was FIFA's head of technical development services, Jurg Nepfer, who said the governing body put football at the centre of everything it did, which was a vision that could only be fulfilled through promotion of the game, protecting its integrity and bringing the game to all.
Ronny Zimmermann of the Deutscher Fussball-Bund said the cooperation was not only about rehabilitating and building football pitches, but was aimed at creating long-lasting sustainable effects as well.
“It is about setting up an effective competition system for football and other sports in schools and enhancing sport opportunities in schools, through reaching out to children and young people.”
The two ministries will join forces to advise and organise resources that will enable easy and new approaches to learning in the national system.
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With the aim of improving the infrastructure, equipment and number of trained coaches and physical education teachers in schools and communities, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Youth and Sport, in cooperation with the Namibia Football Association (NFA), signed an agreement with the German development cooperation agency earlier this year.
At Friday's ceremony, deputy minister of education Anna Nghipondoka encouraged the youth to participate in sport, saying it was not only beneficial to their health but helped positive development through providing alternative norms, values, knowledge and experience.
Speaking on behalf of Minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, Nghipondoka added that the project was not only for schools but would also encourage communities to utilise the facilities and help develop the nation. She urged teachers to stop using PE periods as “free periods”, as that deprived students of discovering their potential.
Also present was FIFA's head of technical development services, Jurg Nepfer, who said the governing body put football at the centre of everything it did, which was a vision that could only be fulfilled through promotion of the game, protecting its integrity and bringing the game to all.
Ronny Zimmermann of the Deutscher Fussball-Bund said the cooperation was not only about rehabilitating and building football pitches, but was aimed at creating long-lasting sustainable effects as well.
“It is about setting up an effective competition system for football and other sports in schools and enhancing sport opportunities in schools, through reaching out to children and young people.”
The two ministries will join forces to advise and organise resources that will enable easy and new approaches to learning in the national system.
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