The education system faces challenges - Stears
Justicia Shipena
Six young Namibians from local institutions received bursaries on 27 February from Sanlam in Windhoek. Over 200 students applied for the bursary scheme and six were successful.
The recipients are Miryam Haufiku (Bachelors of Computer Science at Nust), Vilho David Nakalemo (Bachelors of Science, Information and Technology at Unam), Alina Gervasius (Bachelors of Accounting at Unam), Statin Siebritz (Bachelors of Computer Science at Nust), Clemens Nuunyango (Bachelors of Computer Science at Nust) and Fredy Lineekela Emabashu (Bachelors of Science at Nust).
The Sanlam bursary scheme aims to reward well-performing, but disadvantaged, Namibian students with an opportunity to pursue their tertiary education.
The scheme further aims to make a meaningful contribution to the country by developing much-needed skills in the fields of accounting and finance, marketing, human resources, business administration and actuarial science. To date, over 50 students have benefited from the bursary scheme with over N$2 million having been spent since 2002 when the bursary scheme was first initiated.
Some of the students who previously benefited from the bursary scheme have gone on to create their own businesses where they employ other Namibians and some have taken up positions within Sanlam and other companies.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, the CEO of Sanlam Tertius Stears, said despite the many initiatives government has put in place, education especially at tertiary level, is still not affordable for many of our students.
It is a growing burden on government and on parents who want to see their children get the necessary skills to contribute to the development of the economy.
“This burden cannot be tackled by government alone but will require different stakeholders, including those from the private sector, to come on-board and assist government with these challenges,” he said.
Stears also said that the education system is facing enormous challenges which prevent the Namibian child to get a quality education.
He added that Sanlam has developed various corporate social responsibility initiatives which reach across different areas and include education, sports development, health and welfare, as well as entrepreneurship, arts and culture.
“Through this we are able to plough back into communities and thus, support the efforts of government and others,” he said.
Stears urged the recipients to double their efforts during their studies in order to complete them with flying colours to enable them to contribute meaningfully to the country.
Six young Namibians from local institutions received bursaries on 27 February from Sanlam in Windhoek. Over 200 students applied for the bursary scheme and six were successful.
The recipients are Miryam Haufiku (Bachelors of Computer Science at Nust), Vilho David Nakalemo (Bachelors of Science, Information and Technology at Unam), Alina Gervasius (Bachelors of Accounting at Unam), Statin Siebritz (Bachelors of Computer Science at Nust), Clemens Nuunyango (Bachelors of Computer Science at Nust) and Fredy Lineekela Emabashu (Bachelors of Science at Nust).
The Sanlam bursary scheme aims to reward well-performing, but disadvantaged, Namibian students with an opportunity to pursue their tertiary education.
The scheme further aims to make a meaningful contribution to the country by developing much-needed skills in the fields of accounting and finance, marketing, human resources, business administration and actuarial science. To date, over 50 students have benefited from the bursary scheme with over N$2 million having been spent since 2002 when the bursary scheme was first initiated.
Some of the students who previously benefited from the bursary scheme have gone on to create their own businesses where they employ other Namibians and some have taken up positions within Sanlam and other companies.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, the CEO of Sanlam Tertius Stears, said despite the many initiatives government has put in place, education especially at tertiary level, is still not affordable for many of our students.
It is a growing burden on government and on parents who want to see their children get the necessary skills to contribute to the development of the economy.
“This burden cannot be tackled by government alone but will require different stakeholders, including those from the private sector, to come on-board and assist government with these challenges,” he said.
Stears also said that the education system is facing enormous challenges which prevent the Namibian child to get a quality education.
He added that Sanlam has developed various corporate social responsibility initiatives which reach across different areas and include education, sports development, health and welfare, as well as entrepreneurship, arts and culture.
“Through this we are able to plough back into communities and thus, support the efforts of government and others,” he said.
Stears urged the recipients to double their efforts during their studies in order to complete them with flying colours to enable them to contribute meaningfully to the country.
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