As a young teacher who is passionate about Namibian education, I have high hopes for the transformation of the curriculum in the future. We must bring up important challenges that the nation is currently facing.
We all know that schools are where major transformation occurs. Therefore, we concentrate on education rather than reforming it since reform is constrained by other political factors.
Consequently, in locating alternative educational establishments that emphasise true skill transfer. This means that we need to track down parents who home-school their children as well as farms, workshops, and companies who advertise that they teach kids how to grow food, make furniture, or do electrical work. They pick up repair skills or plumbing knowledge. They can also pick up business management and promotion skills. It makes no difference whether the child is fluent in Afrikaans or English. Whether a youngster is respectful is irrelevant. The important thing is that the child can function in the real world.
Additionally, we need to discover resources or individuals that can teach kids about financial literacy, from the most fundamental concepts to more complex financial theory. People who are capable of teaching political literacy to children. Teaching young people about the law and how it operates. Teaching young people about geopolitics and emigration. This will make it easier for individuals to comprehend how the real world works.
Along the same line, we require areas where youngsters are regularly encouraged to engage in physical activity such as sports, a healthy diet, and human interaction. So that we can establish a productive Namibia. We need to identify folks who are working incredibly hard on the ground to accomplish all of this. Building modern educational institutions that place a strong emphasis on skills and produce graduates who are fully integrated into society.
We need schools with athletic programs that produce youngsters who are healthy. Schools that allow students to travel and interact with a variety of individuals. Schools need to identify job-creating entrepreneurs, those who repair logistical infrastructures. learners must visit places where trains, buses and taxis operate and learn how goods and services are conveyed around the nation and to the rest of the world as fast and affordably as possible.
To assist us establish this nation, we need an education system that collaborates with Chinese, Indian, and entrepreneurs in the countries to visit the locations of their pilot operations and the places where the job is being done. Finally, we require an educational system that works in tandem with larger businesspeople active in this nation. We shall be able to fix our country on the right path by doing this.
*Joseph Ruzendo is a teacher, and he is pursuing Master’s in Adult Education at the University of Namibia. He can be reached at rjvanott97@gmail.com