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The Namibian
Mon 12 Aug 2013
SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair? Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform. SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf
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| 2013-07-23
Cornelius Goreseb’s Grade 12s visit Windhoek
Clemans Miyanicwe
EDUCATIONAL TRIP … Thirty-nine pupils from Khorixas’ Cornelius Goraseb’s Grade 12s recently completed an educational tour of Windhoek.
Khorixas based Cornelius Goreseb High School visited various institutions in Windhoek on their first ever educational trip, paid in full by the Kunene Region’s Education Directorate. The educational tour took place between Tuesday, 16 July to Friday, 19 July.
According to Cornetha Adams, languages teacher at the school, the educational tour is aimed at exposing Grade 12 learners from rural areas to various institutions so that they can prepare for their future once they complete school.
“The learners only see certain types of careers in Khorixas but after this visit they can widen their choices on various careers,” Adams said.
The 39 learners from two Grade 12 classes at the school visited A Shipena Secondary School, where they attended a life skills class on Wednesday, which was said to have been fruitful.
The learners visited Meatco, International University of Management (IUM), the National Art Gallery, Namcol’s Head Office, IOL, Heroes Acre, NBC Damara-Nama Service and The Polytechnic of Namibia (PoN). The learners toured PoN’s various buildings and were given an assessment on community development by Dr Mike /Ochurub.
Adams said that since the pupils have social and science fields at the school, the educational tour was aimed at benefitting both of them so everyone was catered for.
Pupil Abiole Mike Karunga (18) said: “It was a beneficial trip, we are grateful to the Kunene Education Director. Many of us have a vision to visit such institutions but cannot do so on our own.” Karunga added that the trip will produce better results and motivate pupils in applying for various fields of studies at tertiary institutions once applications open.
Another pupil, Geroldine Shikongo (19), who wants to study media next year, said: “The trip is a great investment and one has seen institutions we will attend in the future, how they function and how things are done,”
According to Alwina !Aebes, Senior Education Officer at the Kunene Region Education Directorate, the school was chosen to motivate the pupils.
“This school used to be one of the best performing schools in the region,” !Aebes said. He believes that the final year results will improve as a result of the trip, as pupils become motivated from it.
Improved results from Cornelius Goreseb High School, says !Aebes has produced great people, the improvement will better the Kunene Region’s standing when it comes to national results.
Other stakeholders in education were called upon by the region’s education directorate to come on board to expand such trips for other schools, as the directorate cannot do it alone.
“The learners only see certain types of careers in Khorixas but after this visit they can widen their choices on various careers,” Adams said.
The 39 learners from two Grade 12 classes at the school visited A Shipena Secondary School, where they attended a life skills class on Wednesday, which was said to have been fruitful.
The learners visited Meatco, International University of Management (IUM), the National Art Gallery, Namcol’s Head Office, IOL, Heroes Acre, NBC Damara-Nama Service and The Polytechnic of Namibia (PoN). The learners toured PoN’s various buildings and were given an assessment on community development by Dr Mike /Ochurub.
Adams said that since the pupils have social and science fields at the school, the educational tour was aimed at benefitting both of them so everyone was catered for.
Pupil Abiole Mike Karunga (18) said: “It was a beneficial trip, we are grateful to the Kunene Education Director. Many of us have a vision to visit such institutions but cannot do so on our own.” Karunga added that the trip will produce better results and motivate pupils in applying for various fields of studies at tertiary institutions once applications open.
Another pupil, Geroldine Shikongo (19), who wants to study media next year, said: “The trip is a great investment and one has seen institutions we will attend in the future, how they function and how things are done,”
According to Alwina !Aebes, Senior Education Officer at the Kunene Region Education Directorate, the school was chosen to motivate the pupils.
“This school used to be one of the best performing schools in the region,” !Aebes said. He believes that the final year results will improve as a result of the trip, as pupils become motivated from it.
Improved results from Cornelius Goreseb High School, says !Aebes has produced great people, the improvement will better the Kunene Region’s standing when it comes to national results.
Other stakeholders in education were called upon by the region’s education directorate to come on board to expand such trips for other schools, as the directorate cannot do it alone.
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