Grade 8 students at Katjinakatji Senior Secondary School in Kavango West are completing final examinations while standing or using damaged furniture due to inadequate seating. Community members have criticized the testing conditions as harmful to children who must remain upright or hunched for extended periods during assessments.
The school submitted nearly 800 broken chair frames for restoration at Mpungu and anticipated receiving repaired seating along with 149 desks. Teacher Nietz Mnangagwa indicated the furniture deficit has intensified, with students previously observed sitting on brick-supported broken chairs, kneeling on floors, or balancing on old cupboards. Principal Sebedeus Sihungu took charge of the institution months before examinations began.
Regional education director Pontianus Musore confirmed that 100 refurbished chairs had been delivered, with additional furniture scheduled for arrival. The shortage affects students from Grades 1 through 8 and teaching staff.
The school submitted nearly 800 broken chair frames for restoration at Mpungu and anticipated receiving repaired seating along with 149 desks. Teacher Nietz Mnangagwa indicated the furniture deficit has intensified, with students previously observed sitting on brick-supported broken chairs, kneeling on floors, or balancing on old cupboards. Principal Sebedeus Sihungu took charge of the institution months before examinations began.
Regional education director Pontianus Musore confirmed that 100 refurbished chairs had been delivered, with additional furniture scheduled for arrival. The shortage affects students from Grades 1 through 8 and teaching staff.
