Uuyoka Combined School is a government school in
Uuyoka
Uuyoka is a small settlement in Onayena Constituency, Oshikoto Region in Namibia, the village has schools including Uuyoka Combined School which comprises grades 1 to 10. The economy is based on substance farming. It is one of the biggest villag ...
village in northern
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 ...
. It was established during the
colonial era in 1961. The first lessons took place under the
Camelthorn tree (local 'Okathiya') and lessons were given by local peoples. The school covers grades 1 to 10 and a kindergarten that was inaugurated in 2010 and has about 700 students.
[Oshikoto School]
See also
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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 ...
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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 ...
References
Schools in Oshikoto Region
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