Parents and politicians in the Otjozondjupa Region gathered at Otjiwarongo on Thursday to discuss and analyse the Grade 11 and Grade 12 final examination results for 2022.
Over 80 principals along with school inspectors and regional and local authority councillors attended the one-day meeting organised by the Otjozondjupa Regional Council.
In his keynote address, Otjozondjupa Governor James Uerikua told the gathering to formulate working resolutions that can form part of this year’s performance programmes.
The governor suggested that the meeting include topics such as the poor infrastructure, teacher-learner ratio in classrooms, teaching and learning resources, lack of qualified teachers in rural schools, discipline among learners and teachers, and also the impact of school board members in schools.
He further advised the meeting to look into issues of budgetary provision, challenges of school feeding programmes, general moral values among learners and teachers, as well as the role of parents and traditional authorities in the education of the Namibian child.
“At the end of this meeting, we want to see a comprehensive report produced from your meeting, and please share it with all of us as relevant stakeholders in education,” he said.
Uerikua stated that as the education results for 2022 in the region had declined, the Otjozondjupa Region is ranked fifth nationally in Grade 11, and fifth as well in the Grade 12 results for 2022.
Chairperson of the Otjozondjupa Regional Council, Marlayn Mbakera on her part encouraged the meeting to thoroughly discuss real problems affecting the learning and teaching environment in the region.
“Let us all contribute and strategise with an objective to reshape the 2023 final examination results for our region,” she said.
Acting deputy education director, Markus Munenge presented to the participants the final examination results for Otjozondjupa for 2022.
The region in 2022 had a total of 88 schools, 53 979 learners and 1 600 teachers, he said.
Source: The Namibian Press Agency
