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As of 2022, Namibia has 1,947 primary and secondary schools, [1] up from 1,723 schools in 2013. [2] These schools cater for a total of 822,574 pupils [1] (2013: 24,660 teachers, 617,827 pupils). [2] Most of the country experiences a shortage of schools, school hostels, and classroom space.
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]
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:
4 February: President of Namibia Hage Geingob dies at the age of 82. [1] 4 February: Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba is sworn in as 4th President of Namibia; 16 April: Eleven inmates escape from a prison in Katima Mulilo, Zambezi Region. [2] 21 June: A high court rules that two colonial-era laws criminalizing gay sex between men are ...
The Palace of Nations.The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second most important UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters.. While the Secretariat of the United Nations is headquartered in New York City, its many bodies, specialized agencies, and related organizations are headquartered in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe.
Jan Möhr Secondary School is a school situated in Windhoek, Namibia. [1] The school was founded on March 2, 1962 [2] and is one of the oldest schools in Namibia. The school is known for its excellent academic record. The school has continued to achieve an annual 90% and 60% pass rate for grade 10 and 12 results respectively. [3]
[22] [23] The IB Diploma Programme was co-developed in 1968 by the United World College of the Atlantic, the International School of Geneva (Ecolint), and the United Nations School in New York City (UNIS), [24] and aims "to develop students who have excellent breadth and depth of knowledge – students who flourish physically, intellectually ...
5–7 April 2024 Model United Nations of Lübeck MUNOL MUNOL Association Lübeck Germany: 1997 27–31 May 2024 Marist Model United Nations MUN MBIS: Japan Japan: 1986 13–24 February 2024 Model United Nations of The International School of The Hague MUNISH The International School of The Hague The Hague Netherlands: 1991 8–10 November 2024