Namibia Vision 2030 - Ministry of Environment and Tourism

The literacy of the adult population was recognised as a major factor, not only in the
drive to achieve universal education, but also in the overall scheme of national development.
The Vision for education and training provides for a strong general education base
in Science and Technology, flexible delivery of a flexible curriculum, combined
with new teaching methodologies. Such a system requires people with flexible enquiring
minds and critical thinking skills, capable of adapting to new situations and
demands and continuously learning from own initiative.
One of the main effects of the Information explosion brought on by the ascent of
ICT’s, is the fact that citizens now have access to just as much information as their
governments. Learners, similarly, now may have access to as much if not more
information than their teachers. This new situation requires of the education system
to shift the emphasis from imparting knowledge in the form of large quantities of
information to imparting learning competencies that would enable learners to cope
with and take advantage of the rapidly changing world.
3.5.1 Education/Knowledge
Namibia operates a totally integrated, unified and flexible, and high quality education
and training system, that prepares all Namibian learners to take advantage of a
rapidly changing global environment, including developments in science and technology,
and which contributes to the economic and social development of the citizens.
There exists equal access by all; to excellent educational and vocational training
and quality sports facilities basic education places emphasis on technology. Namibia
is competitive all sport codes, internationally.
Government assumes full responsibility for pre-primary schooling, but parents educate
their children from home. Facilities for Vocational Training are adequate and
equitably distributed throughout the regions of the country, and all intending candidates
have access to vocational education in various professional areas.
Public education, covering every area of life and living, is an integral part of the
system of continuing education and which is free and open to everyone in Namibia;
the upshot is a society made up of people who are not only generally literate and
largely skilled, but people who know how to live well. Moral education is well
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