Pre-primary enrollment exceeds 44,000



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The number of learners in pre-primary education in Namibia has been steadily increasing over the years, and this year it is 44,081.

Albertina Nakale

WINDHOEK – The number of Pre-primary education in Namibia has grown steadily over the years and this year it stands at 44 081.

The average annual growth rate of enrollments in education pre-primary from 2011 to 2017 was 20.8%
. 2018 School Day Report, produced by the Division of Education Management Information System at the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture
EMIS is the principal national process for collecting, analyzing and reporting reliable information about schools. in Namibia

The educational regions collect data twice a year from all public and private schools in Namibia and publish two reports that allow educational planners to develop plans tailored to the specificities of the country. context. The report says that growth demonstrates the strong commitment of the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture to improve both access to pre-primary education and the quality of education. Learning in the early stages of schooling.
the report shows the number of learners and teachers and the number of schools by region in Namibia in 2018.

It revealed the total sum of learners at the school. Nationwide from February 755 943.
In addition, it shows there are 1881 female-child learners more than the boys-child learners – boys and girls have the same access to education – and there are almost twice as many teachers as male teachers in the country.
Ohangwena The highest number of learners stands at 104,857 while Omusati has the largest number of 285 schools and 4,085 teachers.

The Ministry of Education also observed a continuing trend to increase the number of learners by 3% In addition, the report says that there is a big difference between enrollment rates in pre-primary education (5.8%) and in primary education (1%). it increases to 11.6%, before decreasing as learners progress through the school system, with only 3.2% of learners enrolled in grade 12.

"We can also observe a fair parity between the sexes, with more boys than girls in the junior phase (up to grade 5) and slightly more girls than boys in the primary phase of seniors and in the secondary phase. The difference, however, is not considered statistically significant, "reads the report.

There is also an indication that the largest proportion of learners at the national level is in the first year of high school (grade 42) the first year of elementary school (grades 4 to 7) with 24% and the second year of secondary (grade 8 to 9) with 21%

Only 7% of all learners are in Secondary II (Grades 10 to 12) and 6% are in Pre-Primary

The largest proportion of schools nationwide (546 or 29%) hundred) has 101 to 300 learners each.
It also shows that there are a number of small schools in Namibia: 335 or 18 percent with less than 100 learners, while 43 or 5.1 percent of all schools have at least 1300.

Schools constituting the highest proportion at the national level (513 or 27 percent) have between 25 and 30 learners (LTR) in 2018, compared to 2017, where 29% of all schools In addition, 35 or 1.85% of all schools count more of 40 learners per teacher, a slight improvement over 2017, where 2% of all schools had an abandonment rate greater than 40.

The Fifteenth Survey of School Days presents the most important information on the number of schools, learners and teachers in Namibia as they were recorded at the beginning of each year.
The Annual Census of Education is a comprehensive survey of public and private schools in Namibia.
The census is usually conducted on the first Tuesday of the last quarter of the school year.

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