Rundu Town Council is recommending that Japhet Haiyambo Primary School and Hompa Sophia Junior Primary School temporarily close their doors while the lingering issues of sewage blockage and nonfunctional ablution facilities for learners are sorted.
The National African Student Association (NASA) is calling for improvement in the quality of education.
This comes after NASA's assessment on the recent developments in the Namibian education landscape.
NASA shared this during a media briefing at Rundu.
Heavy rains over the weekend have damaged Simwege Primary School in Katjinakatji Village, Kavango West. The makeshift school in Mankumpi Constituency serves 58 grade one and two learners. Classrooms and learning materials were destroyed, and the village lost electricity.
Selfless acts of giving continue as learners return to the classroom.
In the Kavango East Region, the Rob Youth Foundation donated school uniforms and sanitary pads to needy learners at Likwaterera Primary School.
In its efforts to eliminate illiteracy in the country, the Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture, under the adult education section, is hosting a 10-day training for literacy teachers in the Kavango East Region at the Frans Dimbare Youth Centre.
Heavy rains caused extensive damage to properties in some residential areas in Rundu yesterday.
This morning people were fixing their houses and access roads to their homes.
Our nbc team visited some areas to see for themselves.
The case of the seven people at Rundu, accused of forging school results, has been postponed to 13 February.
The accused were arrested for allegedly tampering with school report cards.
Residents of Ndongo settlement in the Mukwe Constituency, Kavango East Region, are up in arms about unfulfilled promises by the Namibia Berries company at Divundu.
The villagers are devastated after surrendering their land for the establishment of the farm.
The festive season mood of sharing and caring is still being felt in some parts of the country.
A few hours before the close of 2024, the NBC News team visited Rundu, where locals shared their reflections on the past year and hopes for 2025.
