The National Skills Competition provided a platform for institutions, companies, and innovators in the TVET sector to exhibit their products and services. 

Exhibitors shared with NBC News what the platform means and highlighted the importance of the TVET sector for economic development.

Prince Shaaluneni from the Millennium Training Institute said, “Very, very important. As you can see these days, there are a lot of activities happening, cooking, welding, metal fabrication, and so on. Nowadays, this is handwork.”

Nanvula Mushaukwa of Okakarara Vocational Training Centre stated, “One of our objectives is to equip our trainees with skills to become entrepreneurs and also self-employed because, at the end of the day, we don't want our graduates roaming around the streets after acquiring the necessary skills to have self-employment or employ the next person.”

Lina Ndengu from the Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA) explained, “We are here as the NQA because we are responsible for quality education in Namibia of higher learning institutions, which also includes vocational training institutions. We accredit higher learning institutions and also accredit the qualifications that they offer. We are also responsible for the National Qualifications Framework, and what we do with the framework is administer and manage it for Namibia. All vocational training qualifications that they offer are registered on our framework.”

Learners visiting the exhibition had the opportunity to find out about various opportunities available in the TVET sector.

Friday marked the final day of the competition, concluding with a round of applause as competitors finished. The winners will be announced during the closing ceremony on Saturday.