The study involves Family Literacy graduate parents who completed the programme in Oshana Region. It examined the (1) type of support Family Literacy graduate parents render to their 1st graders of formal school (2) impacts ...
Akpokiniovo, Funmilayo S.(University of Namibia, 2018)
A continuum of prevention that provides information and support to very young adolescent girls throughout their lifecycles is central to their healthy sexual development. Crucial to this continuum is the family, especially ...
Ngavetene, Jefta Vatuna(University of Namibia, 2019)
At independence, Namibia was confronted with a skewed land tenure system where the minority owned vast productive land (Juach et al., 2013). To avoid losing land to dominant locals and rich occupants the government established ...
Ndunge, Fransina-Ndapandula(University of Namibia, 2020)
Community participation lies at the heart of developmental programmes and policies. Unfortunately, the literature proves that many community development projects fail due to low community participation. In Namibia, the ...
SUMMARY: In recent years, several studies indicated that there is a downward trend in youth participation in politics and civic activities, in both the global South and the global North.
Most of these studies were conducted ...
De Koker, Johanna Elizabeth(University of Namibia, 2019)
The Language Policy for Schools in Namibia states that for pedagogical reasons it is ideal for learners to study through their Mother Tongue (MT), particularly in the early years of schooling when basic skills of reading, ...
Mafwila, Van-Roin Maswabi(University of Namibia, 2018)
The Education for All Action Plan (2002), Millennium Development Goal Report (2008), National Development Plan 4 (2012) and the Ministry of Education Strategic Plan (2012) acknowledge the need for resource mobilisation ...
Kamati, Thekla Nangura(University of Namibia, 2018)
The establishment of Family Literacy Programmes is a worldwide trend as it is an educational method that promotes the notion of the parent being the child’s first teacher. A Family Literacy Programme (FLP) was implemented ...
This paper investigated the impact of customer services quality on the organizational performance at a selected commercial Bank in Namibia as a social inclusion driver for economic growth within the banking sector. The ...
The aim of this study was to investigate factors affecting patient satisfaction at a private medical centre in Northern Namibia. The study was guided by the following objectives: to explore the factors affecting patients’ ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate, reflect and learn from experiences of undertaking microteaching in a Numeracy Education and Learning Support class of 153 students studying Diploma in Junior Primary Education ...
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) is basically the surgical removal of foreskin of the penis. This is done for many reasons. However, cultural, religious and medical reasons are the most paramount for Male ...
Since 2009, Grade five and seven learners in Namibia have been writing the National Standardized Achievement Tests (NSATs), where one grade writes at the end of one year and the other writes at the end of the following ...
This study assessed the application of literacy skills towards poverty alleviation by graduates of the National Literacy Programme in Oshikoto region, Namibia. The study addressed three major questions that were regarded ...
The objective of this study was to investigate expe`riences and perceptions of indigenous healing beneficiaries in the Kaliyangile community of the Zambezi Region. In order to achieve this objective, a qualitative-phenomenological ...
The prevalence of learner pregnancy amongst school girls in most African countries is a profound concern (Grant & Hallmark, 2006), and Namibia is heavily impacted by this scourge, particularly the Kavango East Education ...
Shikukumwa, Aletta T.(University of Namibia, 2015)
The debate on the effective implementation of government intervention policies by government ministries in relation to job creation, income distribution and poverty reduction has been ongoing among educational researchers ...
Beukes, Florida(Namibian Educational Research Association (NERA), 2011)
Lecturers tend to assume that their carefully crafted resources will guide student learning and that students will work through our materials more or less in the manner directed. However, research into distance students’ ...
Zealand, Donovan(Namibian Educational Research Association (NERA), 2008)
Youngsters who feel inferior, deprived, shamed, and frustrated express those feelings through various antisocial behaviours, ranging from delinquency to suicidal tendencies. Youth from dysfunctional families often have low ...
Zealand, Donovan(Namibian Educational Research Association (NERA), 2008)
The current situation in Namibia suggests that there is need for concern about youth in an at-risk context. Education, unemployment and poverty have always been inter-related and Namibia has experienced an alarming increase ...
Likando, Gilbert N.(Namibian Educational Research Association (NERA), 2011)
This article aims to examine how adult literacy learners and policy makers conceptualise the benefits derived from adult literacy leaning in Namibia, using the Caprivi region as a case study to understand how community’s ...
Hamunyela, Miriam N.; Bender, Gerda C.; Fraser, W.J.(Namibian Educational Research Association (NERA), 2008)
Many research articles reported about the consistent findings that the involvement of parents in education of learners is more likely to take root in urban than in rural schools. Moreover, most schools where parental ...
In 1990, when Namibia gained independence, about 43000 exiled Namibians were repatriated back home from different countries. Included in this number were soldiers and refugees including children who were born during the ...
This research investigated the assessment and evaluation of Prior non-certificated Learning (PncL) as a criterion to access Namibian Institutions of Higher Learning (NIHL) through the Mature Age Entry (MAE) scheme. It also ...
The implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has been an integral part of education in most developed countries. As a result, there is enormous pressure on education institutions around the world ...