My Beautiful Country Namibia Land of Contrasts World

My Beautiful Country: Namibia Land of Contrasts

World Map

Africa

Welwitschia- Endemic Plant

Oryx – Endemic Animal

Fish Eagle- Endemic Bird

Elephants – Etosha Pans

Erongo Mountains

Desert Elephants at Twyfel Fountain

Quiver Tree Finger of God

Sossusvlei - Dunes

Red Dunes

White Dunes - Walvis Bay

Ship wreck at Swakopmund

Mathematics in Namibia Ø Up to 1994 we where part of South Africa and followed their curriculum Ø On 21 March 1990 Namibia become independent Ø In 1995 we started following the Cambridge Curriculum in Gr. 11 and Gr. 12

Basic Problems Ø The Human Resource Problems Ø The Physical Resource Problems Ø The Solutions to the problem

The Human Resource Problem Ø At Primary Level only 55% of the teachers are qualify to teach Mathematics Ø The average for the grade 10 level Mathematics in the National Examination last year was 38% Ø Of the mathematics students who graduate in Gr. 12 only 3. 3% are on the higher level

The Physical Resource Problem Ø There are only place in Senior Secondary Schools for about 50% of the learners to complete their Basic Education Ø Many of the schools in the rural areas do not have water, electricity or a telephone, which limits their access to modern forms of communication Ø You still find Teachers teaching under a tree in Namibia owing to lack of classrooms

The Solutions to the Problem Project running at the moment Ø ETSIP – Education and Training Sector Improvement Program Ø BES – Basic Educational Support Ø MASTEP – Mathematics and Secondary Teachers Educational Program

My School Paresis Secondary School

Paresis - Classrooms

Our Library

Computer Lab

Shacks / Shelters / Homes

Namibia Presentation Karen D’Emiljo