Namibia: High School Construction Delay Forces Platoon Classes

PUPILS who completed grades 8 and 9 at some Swakopmund primary schools last year and were allocated space at the new high school being constructed in Tamariskia’s new extension, will have to attend platoon classes from next month until the school is completed.

For the last three years, grade 8 and 9 pupils were accommodated at some primary schools due to a lack of space at schools at the coast.

Parents of these children were initially happy that they had gotten places in the new school, but the…