Namibia’s Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, plans to expand the new pre-vocational-integrated curriculum to more schools to enhance skills development among school-going children.
The ministry recently introduced a basic pre-vocational skills course in some schools for senior pupils who cannot cope in the academic stream.
Education minister Anna Nghipondoka recently visited secondary schools that are offering pre-vocational subjects in the Oshana region to ascertain whether their laboratories are well equipped, and which measures the ministry should take to ensure the pre-subjects are taught effectively.
She revealed the intention of her visit as being to understand the situation on the ground and to familiarise with the new curriculum with the hope of looking at ways to expand pre-vocational subjects to more schools and how to fully equip schools to offer pre-vocational subjects.
Nghipondoka said even though the education budget has been cut drastically, the ministry would strive to ensure that schools have the equipment required for these subjects.
Several teachers at the schools Nghipondoka visited informed her of the challenges they are faced with which could hinder them from offering pre-vocational subjects effectively.
The teachers cited some challenges including shortage of equipment and textbooks, lack of classrooms with some pupils not interested in taking up pre-vocational subjects.
Presently, only a few schools in the region are offering pre-vocational subjects due to budgetary constraints.
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