Author: Prof Jairos Kangira (Prof Jairos Kangira )

The reputation of universities worldwide has been judged by how they perform on the world rankings of universities. 

One of the recommendations of the recently held national education conference was that student teachers must have more teaching practice time in schools before they graduate.

As the nation enters into the season of national and international examinations in public and private schools and colleges, we need, all of us, as responsible citizens, to open our eyes and ears in every corner of the country so that we detect any instances of examination leaks so that we preserve integrity in our examination system.

Recently, it has become trendy for many universities across the world to engage in reorganising their structures under the guise of genuine transformation that is supposed to bring efficiency in the running of these institutions and save billions of dollars in operation costs.

 The Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) in July this year launched a feasible recovery plan in an attempt to collect several millions of dollars owed to the fund by beneficiaries who have reneged on paying back their loans. 

Well-coached and grounded postgraduate students are aware that good academic writing style is achieved also by basing their arguments on credible sources or researches of scholars in their areas of specialisations.

I come back to you the readers after some break, a lull that I needed to rest, reflect and come up with more ideas to share with you in this column.

Delegates who attended the WorldSkills Africa Swakopmund 2022 conference in the coastal town from 29-31 March unanimously agreed that technical and vocational education and training institutions in Africa should intensify the competence-based education model in curriculum design, transformation and training of students. 

Every year, many students fail to enrol for tertiary programmes of their choices due to the fact that they do not possess the required minimum symbol in English language in their school-leaving certificates, which is usually a C or better, or a D or better, depending on the programmes or institutions.

This week, I dedicate this article to thousands of students who have enrolled for different qualifications with various higher education institutions in the country.