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The Polytechnic of Namibia was de jure not a university as no provision was made in the Act by which it was created (Act 33 / 1994) [2] to carry this name. A motion for name change into Namibia's University of Science and Technology was rejected by cabinet in August 2010, [3] but approved by the same body in December 2012. The transition to ...
Namlish (a portmanteau of the words Namibian and English) is a form of English spoken in Namibia. [1] The term was first recorded in 1991. [2]English is the country's official language since independence in 1990.
The International University of Management (IUM) is a private, state-recognized university based in Windhoek, Namibia. It has campuses in Swakopmund , Walvis Bay , Ongwediva and Nkurenkuru . History
Namibia has two public tertiary institutions of general education, the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) and the University of Namibia (UNAM) and one private university, the International University of Management (IUM). For determining admission to tertiary education in Namibia, school grades are converted into points as follows:
School of Public Health; School of Military Science; Centre for Postgraduate Studies; Ranked in the top 30 of tertiary institutions on the continent in the past 10 years, UNAM is one of the best universities in Africa. [4] The University of Namibia is the only institution in the world to offer a doctorate in the study of the Khoekhoe language.
Mangetti Dune is a boarding school that mainly caters for the marginalised San community; its learners come from families that live in extreme poverty. The school had 363 learners and has 14 teachers in 2014, and was the constituency's best performing primary school. The school buildings are part of a converted military base. [37]
The Windhoek International School was founded by the Nielsen family [5] in 1990, the same year Namibia achieved independence. [6] The family were working for the United Nations in Windhoek and wanted to establish a school whose ethos was openness, free expression, democratic values and international understanding. [5]
[6] [7] [8] The language is now offered as an optional subject in many schools throughout the country. [9] Indigenous languages are included in the school syllabus at primary level. From secondary level English is the medium of instruction. English is the main lingua franca in the north and Afrikaans in the south.