Africa-Press – Namibia. HIGHER education executive director, Alfred van Kent, says the ministry has requested that tertiary institutions make provision for pupils writing their final exams next week, in their registration processes.
Van Kent was speaking to The Namibian yesterday. He said only first year students will be affected, therefore tertiary institutions will need to make provisions to accommodate their delayed results.
Tertiary institutions will inform the ministry about their registration dates in due course, while the exam results are expected to be released in February, Van Kent said.
“For now, the ministry is waiting for feedback from the institutions, in terms of how they will amend both public and private institutions.”
This comes after the Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSCO – legacy) Grade 12s and Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSCO – new) Grade 11s were forced to rewrite their final exams after some exam question papers were leaked. The University of Namibia (Unam) spokesperson, John Haufiku, told The Namibian yesterday that the institution will make adjustments for students who applied last year and obtained provisional admission.
“It is only for those ones who have provisional admission, who do not have their final marks that we will make some adjustments for registration.
Our registrar has informed me that we will be in touch with the education ministry with regards to when exactly those results are going to be available.”
Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) acting spokesperson, Esther Shakela, told The Namibian yesterday that all relevant stakeholders in the matter should work together to ensure pupils are enrolled at tertiary institutions this year.
Stakeholders include the higher education ministry, the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF), the International University of Management (IUM), Unam, and the Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust), Shakela said.
“Majority of the learners had nothing to do with the leakage of the examination papers and had genuinely completed their examinations, so that is what we have urged all the stakeholders to something about.”
Shakela said pupils should not be disadvantaged because of the leaks, but ways should be found to accommodate them and ensure they are able to continue their education. Higher education minister, Itah Kandjii-Murangi, confirmed to The Namibian on Wednesday that the ministry will make provisions for the late results.
“Rewriting of examinations will affect the registration process at tertiary institutions this year, which means there will be a possibility of a delay in registrations because the results will come a little later,” she said.
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