{"id":18693,"date":"2022-05-06T16:50:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates"},"modified":"2022-05-06T17:44:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T17:44:57","slug":"unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates","title":{"rendered":"Unam Katima campus caps 260 graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Marythar Kambinda<\/b><\/p>\n

About 260 students graduated in various fields including education, law, wildlife studies, veterinary science and applied health science at the University of Namibia\u2019s Katima Mulilo campus on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the ceremony, Unam chancellor Nangolo Mbumba congratulated the graduates of 2022 for their perseverance and resilience to succeed against all odds.<\/p>\n

He said the university, like all other Namibian educational institutions, had to shift from the face-to-face mode of teaching, learning and assessment following the announcement of the first Covid-19 positive case in Namibia in 2020.<\/p>\n

UNESCO\u2019s 2021 global survey on the impact of Covid-19 on higher education revealed, amongst others, that it impacted enrolment or access to higher education in various degrees, depending on income levels and government funding support.<\/p>\n

Mbumba stated how Covid-19 significantly and negatively affected especially the international mobility of staff and students, although virtual mobility could compensate for limited physical mobility.<\/p>\n

In addition to this, it worsened existing inequality in higher education, interrupted research and community engagement activities of universities, and reduced internship opportunities for students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am delighted to observe that the Katima Mulilo campus has evolved, and continues to transform and diversify its programme offerings, as well as expand and improve its infrastructural development into modern facilities\u201d.<\/p>\n

Unam vice chancellor professor Kenneth Matengu said it is generally a moment of joy and celebration after years of academic hard work.<\/p>\n

Although the use of technology has strengthened the university to allow operations during a crisis such as the pandemic, the value of real human-to-human interaction has no equal substitute, he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am, therefore, delighted to be attending a face-to-face graduation with you\u201d.<\/p>\n

Matengu revealed that Unam had embarked upon a major restructuring exercise, including curriculum transformation.<\/p>\n

He also highlighted the fact that the majority of the graduates were women at 156, making up (52%), compared to 144 (48%) who are male. Among these graduates is one female student from the marginalised communities who obtained a diploma in Animal Health.<\/p>\n

The vice chancellor urged the graduates to be gracious and cognisant at all times as their parents, guardians and society had invested in their future.<\/p>\n

\u201cGo out into the world, be ambassadors of the university, carry the Unam brand high, and be the change you want to be in your community and country\u201d, said Matengu.<\/p>\n

The CEO of the Roads Authority, Conrad Lutombi, gave the motivational speech at the ceremony and said this day is important in the lives of the graduates as it is the beginning of a new journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegardless of your social background or economic status, education breaks the barrier of socio-economic inequality. Thus, education at best should be understood as a social process and growth, not preparation for life, but life itself,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Lutombi further encouraged the graduates not to limit themselves to the Zambezi region, but to expand their horizons and seek job opportunities anywhere in the country.<\/p>\n

Marythar Kambinda is an information officer at MICT.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. Marythar Kambinda About 260 students graduated in various fields including education, law, wildlife studies, veterinary science and applied health science at the University of Namibia\u2019s Katima Mulilo campus on Tuesday. Speaking at the ceremony, Unam chancellor Nangolo Mbumba congratulated the graduates of 2022 for their perseverance and resilience to succeed against all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":18692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,8,16],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-18693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\nUnam Katima campus caps 260 graduates - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Marythar Kambinda About 260 students graduated in various fields including education, law, wildlife studies, ve ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Unam Katima campus caps 260 graduates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Marythar Kambinda About 260 students graduated in various fields including education, law, wildlife studies, ve ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-06T16:50:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-06T17:44:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_19-62755e68f25b1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"404\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Unam Katima campus caps 260 graduates\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-06T16:50:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-06T17:44:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates\"},\"wordCount\":501,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_19-62755e68f25b1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"culture and art\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates\",\"name\":\"Unam Katima campus caps 260 graduates - Namibia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_19-62755e68f25b1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-06T16:50:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-06T17:44:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Marythar Kambinda About 260 students graduated in various fields including education, law, wildlife studies, ve ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_19-62755e68f25b1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_19-62755e68f25b1.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":404,\"caption\":\"Unam Katima campus caps 260 graduates\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Unam Katima campus caps 260 graduates\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\",\"name\":\"Namibia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Unam Katima campus caps 260 graduates - Namibia","description":"Marythar Kambinda About 260 students graduated in various fields including education, law, wildlife studies, ve ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Unam Katima campus caps 260 graduates","og_description":"Marythar Kambinda About 260 students graduated in various fields including education, law, wildlife studies, ve ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates","og_site_name":"Namibia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-05-06T16:50:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-05-06T17:44:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":404,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_19-62755e68f25b1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Unam Katima campus caps 260 graduates","datePublished":"2022-05-06T16:50:38+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-06T17:44:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates"},"wordCount":501,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_19-62755e68f25b1.jpg","keywords":["africa press","Africa Press-Namibia","namibia"],"articleSection":["all news","culture and art","homepage-english","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates","name":"Unam Katima campus caps 260 graduates - Namibia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_19-62755e68f25b1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-05-06T16:50:38+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-06T17:44:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Marythar Kambinda About 260 students graduated in various fields including education, law, wildlife studies, ve ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_19-62755e68f25b1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_19-62755e68f25b1.jpg","width":720,"height":404,"caption":"Unam Katima campus caps 260 graduates"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unam-katima-campus-caps-260-graduates#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Unam Katima campus caps 260 graduates"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/","name":"Namibia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}