IUM opens new campus

PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba says Government would like to see more tertiary education institutions being established,

‘Namibia needs more universities and technical training institutions, where our youth can be trained to acquire skills and knowledge that would make them competitive in the job market or to start and successfully manage their own businesses,’ said Pohamba.He officially opened the new campus of the International University of Management (IUM) in Dorado Park, Windhoek, on Tuesday. Pohamba said investment in education was the best insurance policy ‘for a secure future of our nation’.The President said Namibia should draw lessons from other countries where philanthropists and the private sector played a direct role in establishing universities and colleges that have proved to be a source of technological, economic and social innovations that have changed the world in fundamental ways.He said although Government has made great strides to provide education, the demand for education continues to be high and the role of the private sector and non-governmental bodies becomes crucial.’The inauguration of the campus of the International University of Management today should be viewed in this context,’ he said.Pohamba said he was pleased that IUM has been expanding its programmes and course offering.IUM founder and Deputy Minister of Education Dr David Namwandi said IUM was not an individual achievement but rather an achievement for local and international supporters and partners.’It is the achievement of our government and of every student who registered with IUM and every lecturer or staff[member] who bought into the vision and gave it their best; it is the achievement of the entire nation,’ he said.Namwandi said when the forerunner of IUM, the Institute of Higher Education, was established in 1994, the journey was a tough one. He said this institute started with one student and one lecturer. ‘It was just a room in our little hired three-bedroom house in Sauer Street no: 3, Windhoek North, which I converted into a classroom,’ Namwandi recalled.But despite the difficulties, determination and courage have helped him and his wife, IUM vice chancellor Virginia Namwandi, to bring IUM to where it is today.

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