Oshikoto Region Recognizes Urgent Need to Prioritize Art Education

Oshikoto Region Recognizes Urgent Need to Prioritize Art Education

Ester Leonard, head of the lifelong learning division in Oshikoto's Directorate of Education, Arts, and Culture, stresses the vital role of art in learners’ development. The directorate is conducting school visits to understand challenges faced by art teachers, leading up to a workshop later this year. Leonard highlights widespread neglect of art education in the region, despite it being a subject up to Grade 7, with many teachers lacking expertise […]

May 13, 2024 21

Namibia

Government hosts first certificate award for pre-vocational skills

The Ministry of Education Arts and Culture will host the first-ever awarding ceremony for the Certificate in Basic Pre-Vocational Skills on Tuesday, 7 May 2024. The Ministry through the Namibia Institute of Educational Development, revamped a special curriculum tailored for learners with special educational needs. The Executive Director of the Ministry, Sanet Steenkamp.

May 6, 2024 74

Africa

Nigeria’s minimum wage has never protected workers from poverty: here’s why

By Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College Wages have become the top issue for Nigeria’s organised labour movements in the past year. Reacting to recent increases in the cost of living, the labour movement has been calling for an upward review of the national minimum wage, currently N30,000 (US$24) a month. The Conversation’s Adejuwon Soyinka asks economics professor Stephen Onyeiwu if Nigeria’s minimum wage truly protects workers from poverty. […]

May 6, 2024 25

Namibia

Khomas Region and Jiangsu Province partner on priority areas

The Khomas Regional Council has signed a work plan with a delegation from the Jiangsu province of China. The plan focuses on essential priority areas including science, technology, education, culture, sports, health, trade and investment, agriculture, environment protection, tourism, and human resources, in line with the existing twinning partnership. Governor of the Khomas Region Laura McLeod-Katjirua.

April 23, 2024 33

Local

Children in the wilderness annual eco-camps back in full swing

Now in its twenty-second year, Children in the Wilderness (CITW) has proudly hosted more than 270 children, teachers, and Eco-Mentors at its annual 2023/24 Eco-Camps over the past few months. These four-day environmental leadership camps host the most deserving CITW Eco-Club members from its partner primary schools across all Wilderness’ areas of operation in Africa. “As our flagship programme for the Educate pillar of our Impact strategy, these Eco-Camps […]

April 18, 2024 10

Environment

Advancing the rights of girls and women promotes justice and is also effective climate action

By Grace M. Jaramillo, University of British Columbia Across the world, climate change disproportionately impacts the lives of girls, yet children are often forgotten in climate policy. I recently led a team of student researchers from the University of British Columbia to better understand why this is the case during field research in the Dominican Republic. Our team talked to 45 people, including key policy decision-makers on social […]

April 17, 2024 25

Africa

A decade after the kidnapping of the Chibok girls in Nigeria, what has the #BringBackOurGirls movement achieved?

By Temitope Oriola, University of Alberta In April 2014, the terrorist organization Boko Haram kidnapped 276 high school girls in Chibok, a town in northeast Nigeria. About 57 of the girls managed to escape on the night of their capture. Boko Haram had demonstrated its intentions regarding the education of girls and young women prior to the mass kidnapping — two months before the Chibok kidnapping, Boko Haram […]

April 17, 2024 12

Lifestyle

Digital textbooks expand learning for engineering students – South African study

By Ekaterina Rzyankina, Cape Peninsula University of Technology In the past four years it’s become increasingly common for part or all of a university student’s learning to happen online. This transition to digital learning platforms has highlighted the digital divide within educational contexts. In poorer, less resourced and connected countries like South Africa, this divide is not merely a matter of who has access to digital devices […]

April 16, 2024 11

Namibia

Anti-corruption Commission Director urges school Principals to safeguard Government resources.

Paulus Noa, the Director General of the Anti-Corruption Commission, delivered a strong message during an awards ceremony at Onyuulae circuit in Oshikoto region. He stressed the crucial role of school principals in preventing mismanagement of government resources and holding individuals accountable for crimes such as bribery and theft. Noa highlighted concerns about the misuse of funds for personal gain and called for fair recruitment practices to combat nepotism and favoritism. […]

April 16, 2024 35