Nehale Senior Secondary School is a public school in

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, Namibia. Established in 1976, it is among the oldest secondary schools in the region. Nehale SSS is named after Nehale Mpingana, king of the Ondonga. The school is located at

, approximately 20 kilometres east of Ondangwa. It has a history of exceptional performance with the highest pass rate in the region and the second best preferred school in the region after

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. Nehale Secondary School is also a cluster centre to the schools in

. It is part of Onathinge education cluster.

Current State

The school was established during the colonial era and has not seen major renovations since then. The school obtains most of its funding from the government. This is generally not sufficient to cover running school expenses. Its facilities are thus dilapidated. A broken sewerage system, lack of accommodation for teachers, inadequate laboratory facilities and the lack of a hall are the major challenges. In 2020, the school was hard hit by the

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leading to an indefinitely suspension of teaching and learning at the School by the directorate of education as over 170 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported.

Notable alumni

The following people have attended or taught at Nehale Senior Secondary: *

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, Cabinet Minister of the Republic of Namibia * Johannes Nakwafila, Namibian politician who served as SWAPO Party Councillor for Epembe Constituency * Tunakie, Namibian multiple award-winning musician

List of schools in Nehale Cluster

* Uuyoka Combined School * Oniihwa Combined School * Onayena Junior Secondary School * Oniiwe Primary School * Onayena Primary School * Joseph Simaneka Asino Secondary school * Matheus Nashandi Combined School

References

Schools in Oshikoto Region Educational institutions established in 1976 Boarding schools in Namibia Education in Namibia 1976 establishments in South West Africa {{Namibia-school-stub