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Ongwediva College Of Education
The Ongwediva College of Education (OCE) was one of four pedagogical colleges in Namibia and also offered three-year undergraduate diploma courses in basic vocational education to elementary and high school teachers: the Basic Education Teacher Diploma (BETD). The college was based in Ongwediva town, founded in 1913 by Finnish missionaries. In addition to teaching facilities, it also maintained a university library, a computer and arts centre and student residences. Effective April 1, 2010, the college entered the Faculty of Education at the University of Namibia. Notable alumni * Johannes Nakwafila * Mzee Kaukungwa * Henock Kankoshi * Marten Kapewasha * Neshani Andreas See also * Education in Namibia * List of schools in Namibia , Namibia has 1,947 primary and secondary schools, up from 1,723 schools in 2013. These schools cater for a total of 822,574 pupils (2013: 24,660 teachers, 617,827 pupils). Most of the country experiences a shortage of schools, school hostels, a .. ...
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Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although Kazungula, it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres (660 feet) of the Botswanan right bank of the Zambezi, Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the Commonwealth of Nations. The driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since pre-historic times by the San people, San, Damara people, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigration, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. Since ...
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Ongwediva
Ongwediva is a town in the Oshana Region in the north of Namibia. It is the district capital of the Ongwediva electoral constituency. it had 27,000 inhabitants and covered 4,102 hectares of land. Ongwediva has seven churches, two private schools and 13 government-run schools. Most of the inhabitants speak Oshiwambo. History Ongwediwa started out as a Finnish mission station in 1926. A school for male students was built there at the time, focusing on practical skills. It is talked about as an agricultural and industrial school, although the agricultural emphasis soon faded away. The school started in February 1927, and it was a secondary school, which one could attend after completing primary school. Towards the end of the 1920s, the school started to receive subsidies from the South African government, although this was only a modest £100 per year. The male teacher training seminary was transferred from Oniipa to Ongwediva at the end of 1954. It continues today as part of t ...
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Johannes Nakwafila
Johannes Kamati Nakwafila (born 28 August 1957 in Ohangwena Region) is a Namibian politician. A teacher by profession, he has been a member of the National Council of Namibia since 2004 and Regional Councillor for Epembe Constituency since 1999. Education and career Nakwafila is a graduate of Ongwediva High School in 1977 and Ongwediva College of Education in 1979. As from 1980 to 1992, Nakwafila worked as a teacher and administrator at Epembe Combined School, Nehale Senior Secondary School including as principal of Omishe Junior Primary School in 1992. He joined politics and served in the Ohangwena Regional Council from 1992 to 1998; Ohangwena Regional Council Management Committee 1999–2004; he was the SWAPO Party District Coordinator from 1993 to 1998 also a member of the third National Council Member for Ohangwena Region 2004–2010; and again for the fourth National Council Member for Ohangwena Region from 2010 to 2015. Nakwafila has served as the SWAPO The South West A ...
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Mzee Kaukungwa
Simon Hafeni "Mzee" Kaukungwa (6 October 1919 – 1 September 2014) was a Namibian politician and People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) veteran. and a founding member of SWAPO. He was born at Ohalushu village in Ohangwena Region, Ovamboland. In 2012, SWAPO opened an office in Ohalushu and named it after Kaukungwa. History Kaukungua was born in Ohalushu village in the Ohangwena Region Ohangwena is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Eenhana. Major settlements in the region are the towns Eenhana and Helao Nafidi aa well as the self-governed village of Okongo. , Ohangwena had 150,724 registered voters. Ohangw .... He was the son of Reverend Nghishidumbi Nghoshi Sam Noah Kaukungwa ka-Shangheta and Hifikepunye Rebecca (Mee Nangolo). He was the third child in a family of 12 children. His siblings are Monica Ningaeendunge, Polly Nghoshi, the late Chief Setson Kamati, Naemi Kauna, Steven Shapua, Meriam Silvia Aishe-Oiwa and Helvi Ndapewoshali Nanghelo. He attend ...
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Henock Kankoshi
Henock Tangeni Kankoshi (born 19 September 1965), is a Namibian politician. He served as governor of Oshikoto Region, succeeding Penda Ya Ndakolo in 2015. When his term ended in April 2020, Ya Ndakolo became Oshikoto governor again. Kankoshi was born in Onyaanya Constituency and went to school in Ondangwa. He attended Ongwediva College of Education between 1984 and 1985 and became a teacher. In 2004 Kankoshi was elected regional councillor for the Onyaanya Constituency. He was subsequently selected to represent the region in the National Council. Kankoshi has been active in SWAPO since before independence. He served as the party's regional coordinator in the Oshikoto Region from 2002 to 2004, and he served on the party's central committee Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of Communist party, communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party ...
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Marten Kapewasha
Marten Nenkete Kapewasha (born 19 September 1949) is a Namibian diplomat and politician. A member of the SWAPO Central Committee since 1991, Kapewasha was appointed Namibia's High Commissioner to India in September 2005 following a six-year stint in the same position in Russia. Education Born in Oshinyadhila, Oshana Region, Kapewasha graduated from Ongwediva Training College in 1970. He earned his Senior Certificate in Economics, Geography and History via correspondence in 1981. In 2003, he earned a diploma in Security, Defence and Law Enforcement at the Mikhail Lomonosov Academy in Moscow. Namibian War of Independence Kapewasha was a SWAPO youth activist until his arrest alongside Jerry Ekandjo and Jacob Nghidinwa in 1973. He then served eight years on Robben Island, being released in 1981. He then began teaching at an independent school in Gibeon in the Hardap region. Following release, he rejoined political activism with the SWAPO Youth League and was elected Deputy Secret ...
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Neshani Andreas
Neshani Andreas (1964 – May 2011) was a Namibian writer, who had also worked as a teacher and for the American Peace Corps. She is best known for her novel ''The Purple Violet of Oshaantu'', which made her the first Namibian to be included in Heinemann's African Writers Series. She died at the age of 46, having been diagnosed with lung cancer in early 2010. Early life She was born in Walvis Bay, South-West Africa (now Namibia), in 1964, the second of eight children, and first worked at a clothing factory. Her parents were both employees of a fish factory. Andreas wanted to be a writer from a young age. She studied at the teachers' college in Ongwediva and taught there for five years. Andreas went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts and a post-graduate diploma in education at the University of Namibia. She was an associate director of the American Peace Corps in Namibia for four years. It was there that she met the first person to encourage her writing, which she later described as " ...
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Education In Namibia
Education in Namibia is compulsory for 10 years between the ages of 6 and 16. ''This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain. There are approximately 1900 schools in Namibia of which 100 are privately owned. Namibian subjects' syllabi are based on the International General Certificate of Secondary Education which is part of Cambridge International. The Constitution directs the government to provide free primary education; however, families must pay fees for uniforms, stationery, books, hostels, and school improvements. Among sub-Saharan African countries, Namibia has one of the highest literacy rates. History of Education in Namibia Before independence Before Namibia's independence, the country's education system was designed to reinforce apartheid rather than provide the necessary human resource base to promote equitable social and economic development. It was fragmented along racial and ethnic lines, with vast disparities in both the alloca ...
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List Of Schools In Namibia
, Namibia has 1,947 primary and secondary schools, up from 1,723 schools in 2013. These schools cater for a total of 822,574 pupils (2013: 24,660 teachers, 617,827 pupils). Most of the country experiences a shortage of schools, school hostels, and classroom space. Many Namibian schools are built in a uniform design that was suggested by the Chilean-born (turned Swedish citizen) architect Gabriel Castro, in the 1990s. Primary and secondary schools The Government of Namibia keeps a list of all registered private and government schools in the country. A–C * A. Shipena Secondary School, Katutura, Windhoek, Khomas Region * A. A. Denk Memorial School, Kalkrand, Hardap Region * Acacia High School, Windhoek * Academia Secondary School, Khomasdal, Windhoek, Khomas Region * All Nations Christian Primary School, Windhoek, Khomas Region * Amakali Combined School, Amuteye, Onyaanya Constituency, Oshikoto Region * Amazing Kids Private School, Windhoek, Khomas Region * Ambunda Pr ...
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Universities In Namibia
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *Being a high degree-awarding institute. *Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. *Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university ...
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University Of Namibia
The University of Namibia (UNAM) is a multi-campus public research university in Namibia, as well as the largest university in the country. It was established by an act of Parliament on 31 August 1992. Background UNAM comprises the following faculties and schools: * Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources * Faculty of Economics & Management Science ** Department of Political Science * Faculty of Education * Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences * Faculty of Law * School of Medicine A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, or part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, M ... * Faculty of Engineering and Information * Faculty of Science * School of Nursing * School of Pharmacy * School of Public Health * School of Military Science (Namibia), School of Military Science * Centre for Postgraduate Studies Ranked ...
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Educational Institutions Established In 1913
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the liberation of learners, skills needed for modern society, empathy, and complex vocational skills. Types of education are commonly divided into formal, ...
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