Teachers not allowed to charge for extra classes

Teachers not allowed to charge for extra classes

Teachers are not allowed to charge fees when conducting extra classes for their own learners. This is according to the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture’s Director for Programmes and Quality Assurance, Ayeesha Wentworth, who said in an interview with Nampa on Wednesday that the policy states teachers may not charge for conducting extra classes for their own learners as that forms part of the school improvement strategy. […]

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Local

Namibian photograph wins international award.

A photograph of a Mahangu (Pearl Millet) harvester in northern Namibia has won first prize in an international photographic competition organised by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The competition was part of the FAO’s International Year of Millets, which raised awareness of the nutritional benefits of millets, including Mahangu, and their cultivation under changing climate conditions. The picture, taken in May 2021 by Jonathon Rees, shows […]

January 31, 2024 23

Local

My Zone announces inaugural media roadshow

Namibia Media Holdings' (NMH) youth brand, My Zone, is delighted to announce its collaboration with Standard Bank to orchestrate the inaugural media roadshow dedicated to the youth of Namibia. Scheduled to unfold in 11 towns from 29 January to 23 February, the Media Roadshow is set to embrace the theme: "Jammin’ Journalism, Rockin’ Ethics." The first session with Windhoek based schools took place at Academia Secondary School in Windhoek […]

January 31, 2024 23

Environment

Farmers need to gain access to agricultural information

By Erastus Ngaruka, Technical Advisor: Livestock & Rangeland Management Agriculture is by far an economic pillar in Namibia as it directly or indirectly supports all livelihoods in the form of food, employment, and income. Besides that, agricultural production faces many challenges that are associated with climatic conditions, technology, markets, and knowledge or skills amongst others. For example, potential agricultural production in Namibia is vulnerable to climate change […]

January 31, 2024 25

Business / Economics

Namibia Brand Ambassadors Programme

Laimi talks to Michelle McLean about what it felt like to be honoured in Times Square as well as what the Namibia Brand Ambassador Programme she spearheads is all about. https://iono.fm/e/1401109

January 31, 2024 10

Namibia

MTC announces N.dollars 3 million volleyball sponsorship

Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) on Tuesday announced a three-year sponsorship worth N.dollars 3 million to the Namibian Volleyball Federation (NVF). MTC’s Chief Human Capital and Marketing Officer, Tim Ekandjo, described the sponsorship as an opportunity to nurture talent and growth, adding that this will assist with the formation of the MTC volleyball premiership. He said the MTC premiership will be contested by eight male and eight female teams […]

January 30, 2024 24

Local

Inauguration of Emmaus Kindergarten in Karibib

The German Embassy Windhoek supported the Emmaus Kindergarten in Usab, Karibib with a grant of N$ 357 000 in 2023, through its micro-project fund. The Emmaus Kindergarten (formerly known as Sunshine Kindergarten) had been established in 2002. Since then, the Kindergarten grew and through various fundraising campaigns, the dedicated principal Mrs. Amanda Bluhm was able to acquire a plot and have a building constructed with enough space to welcome […]

January 30, 2024 8

Namibia

Iceland records its worst-ever score in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index

Iceland drops two points in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index for 2023 from the previous year. Iceland scores 72 out of 100 possible points. This is in line with Iceland's long-term trend in the index. Iceland has lost six points in the last five years and ten points in the past decade. Iceland stands significantly apart from other Nordic countries in the index. Denmark scored the highest 90 points, […]

January 30, 2024 53

Namibia

Namibia committed to keeping leprosy in check: Shangula

Health and Social Services Minister said the Namibian government is committed to ensuring that all treatment success rates for leprosy remain high to prevent reinfection and community transmission. Shangula in a speech to commemorate World Leprosy Day at Katima Mulilo on Monday said his ministry has developed tools to ensure that leprosy survivors are periodically re-assessed and that those diagnosed with the disease have been put on treatment. In the […]

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