THE Groot Aub Junior Primary School is one of the schools in rural areas whose performance is affected by a lack of facilities and a high drop-out rate.
One of the reasons cited is that some parents cannot afford to pay for their children’s examination fees. The school’s principal, Leonard Kabozu, who is also a teacher, informed Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab about this state of affairs on Monday when he and 18 pupils from the school visited the PM’s office in Windhoek.Kabozu said the drop-out rate was increasing at an alarming rate and was seriously affecting his school, which has over 600 pupils.He added that parents did not make arrangements with the school management regarding fees.”In this regard, school management makes provision from the school fund so that they are able to sit for examinations, but parents do not do that.They just decide not to send their children to school anymore since they cannot afford to pay,” he said.Gurirab responded by saying that young people had to take advantage of every opportunity to become leaders with a mission to bring about economic advancement in the country.Gurirab, who briefed the pupils on the history of the country’s Constitution Room, said it had played a historic role in the drafting of the Namibian Constitution right after Independence.He urged female pupils to work hard and to take on the challenges of leadership, adding that they should follow the example of the Attorney General Pendukeni Ivula-Ithana, who was one of the women who had drafted the country’s famous Constitution.- NampaThe school’s principal, Leonard Kabozu, who is also a teacher, informed Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab about this state of affairs on Monday when he and 18 pupils from the school visited the PM’s office in Windhoek.Kabozu said the drop-out rate was increasing at an alarming rate and was seriously affecting his school, which has over 600 pupils.He added that parents did not make arrangements with the school management regarding fees.”In this regard, school management makes provision from the school fund so that they are able to sit for examinations, but parents do not do that.They just decide not to send their children to school anymore since they cannot afford to pay,” he said.Gurirab responded by saying that young people had to take advantage of every opportunity to become leaders with a mission to bring about economic advancement in the country.Gurirab, who briefed the pupils on the history of the country’s Constitution Room, said it had played a historic role in the drafting of the Namibian Constitution right after Independence.He urged female pupils to work hard and to take on the challenges of leadership, adding that they should follow the example of the Attorney General Pendukeni Ivula-Ithana, who was one of the women who had drafted the country’s famous Constitution.- Nampa
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