Namibia’s academic year comes to an end on Friday, as the country prepares for the presidential and National Assembly elections next week.
This has been confirmed by education, arts and culture executive director Sanet Steenkamp.
Due to the early closure, the ministry had earlier instructed schools to compensate for eight school days in cooperation with the school community, and under the supervision of inspectors and principals.
“On Friday, 22 November, we will witness the end of the academic year. Our schools will close and our pupils will be released into the care of their parents for a total number of 52 days.
“I want to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to all our regional directors and the teams on the ground, to all the school management, our teachers, our pupils and our parents,” says Steenkamp.
“It’s been a tough year and yet we managed to see it through. I now wish to remind our parents that a great deal of knowledge is socially constructed. This, in essence, means that children learn from others in their immediate environments. Right there where they are, where they are placed. In their families, in friendship groups, and they learn from what they see as well,” she notes.
Two months ago, Steenkamp announced that the last day for teachers, hostel staff and institutional workers is 6 December.
She noted that school reports should be issued to pupils by this date.
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