WALVIS BAY – Namibian businessman Johnny Johnson Doeseb, also known as JJD, recently honoured 10 of the best performing Grade 12 learners in the Erongo Region with N$10 000 each. The students each received certificates and cash for their excellence in the Grade 12 examinations. The award ceremony took place at the Walvis Bay Municipal Hall and was attended by the Governor of the Erongo Region, Cleophas Mutjavikua. Doeseb thanked the learners and their parents for making the region proud with such excellent results. “Education is important because it opens many doors which would otherwise have stayed closed for you, but successfully finishing Grade 12 is just phase one and therefore furthering your education that best suits your skills and competencies must now be the next step,” he said. Doeseb also advised the learners that even once they have completed university, it will never guarantee them a job or success in the labour market.
“Good academic results must be accompanied by a winning attitude and professionalism otherwise you will join the lot of educated fools with degrees but no skills, and you should guard against that at all times … I am therefore giving each of you an amount of N$10 000 on condition that you register at any tertiary institution because your parents and the community that supported you all these years want to see you succeed in life,” said Doeseb.
Governor Cleophas Mutjavikua thanked Doeseb for his kind gesture and encouraged the learners to take their education seriously when at university because the sustainability and economy of the region is dependent on the collective skills of its citizens.
The 10 top learners are Quinton Gertze (Da Palm Secondary School), Paulina Shikongo (Namib High School), Khadisjah Goses (Coastal High), Lusianu Daniel (Kuisebmond), Priscilla Masule (Westside High), Florian Mosich (Namib High), Nienke Heyman (Kuisebmond High), Naemi Hangula (Coastal High), Hileni Walenga (Kuisebmond High) and Thomas Fillemon (Kuisebmond High School).
By Staff Reporter