Namibia: Classes Reaching Out to Rural Areas

20 February 2013

Windhoek — The computer classes that the Windhoek-based Pewa Academy and the Namibia San Development Organisation have started in Windhoek this month is rolling out to the rural areas of Gam and Okakarara in the Otjozondjupa Region beginning August.

The classes are free to San community and those living with disabilities but NSDO are also subsidising 60 percent of the tuition fees of others who have enrolled for the classes which started on February 6 in Windhoek at the Berthold Himumuine Primary School. This is N$240 of the N$560 fee per student for Level 1, which is an Advanced Level Basic Foundation. For the next two levels, Level 2 and 3, that is the Advance Level Foundation Skill and the Computer Repair and Hardware Maintenance Skill, the NSDO is helping each student with N$620 (of N$860) and N$820 (of N$1,100) respectively.

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