The Ongwediva College of Education (OCE) was one of four pedagogical colleges in
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 ea ...
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
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 sch ...
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
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Johannes Nakwafila
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Mzee Kaukungwa
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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 ...
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Marten Kapewasha
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Neshani Andreas
See also
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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. Nami ...
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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, a ...
References
Universities in Namibia
University of Namibia
Ongwediva
Educational institutions established in 1913
1913 establishments in German South West Africa
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