Consultations on revision of ECD policy commence

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2026-03-03

SWAKOPMUND, 12 January 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp visited several schools in Swakopmund as part of her ministry’s assessment on how schools in Erongo Region were opening and to present the 2025 national examination results to President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 03 MAR (NAMPA) – Nationwide consultations are underway to revise Namibia’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) policy as Government prepares to formally transfer the ECD mandate to the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC).
The review process is grounded in the Basic Education Act (Act 3 of 2020), which provides that the ECD policy must be developed and administered under the education ministry. Th...

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