-Over 8,3 million tons of plastic are discarded into the sea each year. To address this, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism conducted a training workshop with teachers at Luderitz on sustainable development and ocean literacy.
-Teaching was once a highly regarded profession.
-The acting principal of the Okakarara Secondary School in the Otjozondjupa Region says the new curriculum can only deliver the desired results, if teachers are well prepared for their lessons in advance.
-The teachers training indaba, organised by UNAM, is looking at the type of knowledge, skills and values of the 21st-century teacher to mould successful learners.
-The University of Namibia (UNAM) is planning to raise the minimum entry requirements for teaching students.
-The Ministry of Education Arts and Culture recognised teachers and schools for their efforts in incorporating the UN's sustainable development goals into their lessons.
-Teachers at Satotwa Junior Primary School in the Kavango West Region have taken it upon themselves to provide accommodation for learners who walk long distances to school.
-Teachers seem not to be giving enough information about HIV to learners as there is a huge knowledge gap of the disease between the two.
-Twelve percent of teachers in the country are either unqualified or underqualified.
The Ministry of Education will advertise 2 112 teaching vacancies from Friday until the end of September in various newspapers and digital platforms.
