Kavango West Celebrates Academic Excellence: Nantu's Commendation

Lylie Joel NKURENKURU – The Namibian National Teachers Union (Nantu) Kavango West regional leadership has commended the region’s outstanding performance in the 2025 Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary (NSSCO) and Advanced Subsidiary (NSSCAS) level examinations. The union’s regional chairperson Daniel Lyambezi, in an interview with Nampa on Thursday, highlighted the region’s three years of consistent national-level achievement. He commended the education director, Pontianus Musore, and his team for maintaining the region’s position among top performers nationwide. Recent education statistics indicate that Kavango West maintained its strong performance trajectory, with the region consistently ranking among the top three nationally. At AS level, Kavango West climbed from third position in 2022 to first place in 2023, maintaining top performance through 2025. In the NSSCO level, the region showed drastic improvement from seventh position in 2022 to fifth in 2023, then second in 2024. It, however, recorded a slight drop to third position in 2025. Lyambezi extended appreciation to ground-level education workers, including inspectors, principals and teaching staff across the region. “We have witnessed healthy competition within circuits and schools in particular across the region. All schools that offer NSSCO and NSSCAS from as far as Mpungu constituency to Mururani constituency have made us proud,” he said. Lyambezi further credited the collaborative relationship between the leaders of the union and the education ministry for creating a conducive working environment. He highlighted director Musore’s consistent advocacy for “good schools” that prioritise teaching and learning. “The director, at different platforms, had been calling for the realisation of good schools – schools which he described as those that put teaching and learning as a priority,” he stated. He added that the union advocated for reduced conflicts at schools, stressing that minimising ego-driven disputes allows institutions to focus on their core educational mandate. “We believe a language of this nature has made it possible for schools to put in extra effort in the realisation of good schools, which definitely translates to improved academic achievement,” Lyambezi stated.