NANSO Calls for Action on Male Learners’ Underperformance

The National Student Organisation President, Dorthea Nangolo, has raised concerns over the persistent underperformance of male learners, emphasizing the need for immediate intervention. Our correspondent Josia Shiwedha from One Africa tv reports that while speaking at a press conference at Immanuel Shifidi Secondary School Hall, Nangolo highlighted that male learners have consistently lagged behind their female counterparts in passing rates over the past four years.

Written by: Leonard Witbeen

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Analab expands workforce with inauguration of new laboratory

By: Selma Taapopi Analytical Laboratory Services has expanded its operations and now employs approximately 34 staff members, about 60 percent of whom are young people, marking significant growth from the four staff employed when it was established in 1997. The increase in staff follows the inauguration of a new laboratory in Windhoek on Wednesday, which will complement […]

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