The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, said the incident in which learners fell ill at the Maria Mwengere Senior Secondary School hostel was not a result of food poisoning.
Twelve learners who recently travelled to China on an educational tour are back from the excursion.
The tour was aimed at exposing the learners to cutting-edge technology achievements and promoting cross-cultural academic engagement.
There was a celebration of culture, identity and unity at Tsumkwe Primary School last week, with learners and parents commemorating Namibia's Heritage Week under the theme 'Torchbearer of Our Heritage'.
The Rossing Foundation, in collaboration with China National Nuclear Corporation, has sent off a group of learners selected from some of the country's best-performing schools in mathematics, science and English for a 10-day Gen Z excursion to China.
The Ministry of Education has agreed to construct a school at the site where learners are currently being taught under trees in Ndama East, Rundu.
The decision followed an intervention by Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare after discussions between the community and authorities reached a stalemate.
The Early Childhood Development Feeding Programme has been extended to the early childhood centres in the Otjozondjupa Region to fight hunger and improve learning outcomes among the youngest learners.
Some parents and guardians of learners who attend the unregistered Ndama East School in Rundu are ignoring the Ministry of Education's advice to enrol their children at formal government schools.
The parents refuse to accept the Ministry of Education's response regarding the issue.
The Directorate of Education in the Zambezi Region celebrated teachers, department heads, principals, and learners who performed well during the 2024 academic year.
It lauded the region's improved performance as a collective achievement.
Learners from less privileged backgrounds in the Otjozondjupa Region have received stationery to support their studies through the Standard Bank Namibia Scholarship Grant.
In order to meet the needs of the scholars, Standard Bank donated stationery, toiletries and transport fares to 24 learners.
Namhook Holdings has invested in the Aus community by covering the voluntary school fees contribution amounting to N$50,000 for the Marmer Primary School learners.
The school has 228 learners.
