Katjinakatji school struggles with shortage of desks and chairs

NAMPA
2025-10-09
RUNDU, 09 October 2025 - A learner at Katjinakatji Senior Secondary School sitting on an old cupboard. The school lacks desks and chairs. (Photo: Contributed) RUNDU, 09 October 2025 - A learner at Katjinakatji Senior Secondary School sitting on an old cupboard. The school lacks desks and chairs. (Photo: Contributed)
RUNDU, 09 OCT (NAMPA) – Katjinakatji Senior Secondary School in the Kavango West Region is struggling with a severe shortage of desks and chairs.
As a result, many learners are forced to sit on broken chairs propped up with bricks, use bricks as desks, sit on old cupboards, stand throughout the school day, or kneel and sit on bare floors.
Teachers at the school are also frustrated, as they themselves lack proper desks and chairs to sit on.
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