Ferdrieck calls for us of development funds to improve hostel living conditions

NAMPA

2025-01-16

KHORIXAS, 09 January 2025 - A hostel room at the Eddie Bowe PS hostel in Khorixas. (Photo: Contributed)

OUTJO, 16 JAN (NAMPA) - Kunene Regional Education Director, Sophia Ferdrieck, stated that hostels should use hostel development fees, payable by the boarders, for maintenance and to improve living conditions.
She said this in response to media queries regarding the dilapidated conditions at the Eddie Bowe hostel in Khorixas.
The hostel reportedly faces a shortage of beds, lockers, mattresses, and has exposed electrical wires and switches, as we...

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KHORIXAS, 09 January 2025 - A shower in one of the bathrooms at the Eddie Bowe PS hostel in Khorixas (Photo: Contributed)

KHORIXAS, 09 January 2025 - A blocked drain at the Eddie Bowe Primary School hostel in Khorixas. (Photo: Contributed)

KHORIXAS, 09 January 2025 - One of the bathtubs in a bathroom at the Eddie Bowe PS hostel in Khorixas (Photo: Contributed)

KHORIXAS, 09 January 2025 - Mattresses stacked on top of each other in a hostel room at Eddie Bowe PS hostel in Khorixas. (Photo: Contributed)

Khorixas Kunene education hostel

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