Some parents with children attending Gabriel Muhuli Combined School at Sambyu, Kavango East Region, say they will keep their children away from school because the school environment is dangerous.
The children did not attend school on Monday and Tuesday.
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani said that elephants roaming in the village of Mukwe, in the Kavango East Region, have become a concern for villagers, adding that children often do not go to school as they fear for their lives.
Namibian award-winning artist Ben Kandukira, popularly known as Big Ben, has released a song for child safety awareness in response to the loss of three young girls in Okahandja.
The Namibia National Student Organisation (NANSO) is demanding immediate action from the police regarding the murder of two young learners at K.W. Von Mares Combined School in Okahandja.
