Peace Corps
The Peace Corps Program started with a request from the Government of the Republic of Namibia for Volunteers to teach in the secondary schools. The majority of the first group of teachers taught English to support the Government's declaration of English as the official language and to assist with a new national education policy that mandates English as the medium of instruction in the upper grades of primary schools and all grades of secondary schools.
In 1991, the Program was extended to include the Primary Education Training Project. The Youth Development Project was also started at the request of the Ministry of Youth and Sport.
In 1994, Peace Corps entered into a collaborative agreement with USAID to provide assistance to the Ministry of Basic Education and Culture in one of its major initiatives, the Basic Education Support (BES) Project. The purpose of the project is to increase the Ministry of Basic Education and Culture’s capacity to implement the new lower primary curriculum while improving learner outcomes in Namibia’s most disadvantaged schools.
The BES Project has four components. Peace Corps teachers are involved in the Teacher Training component of BES.
Staff
Peace Corps Namibia’s staff, headed by the Country Director, is divided into four areas: administration, programming, medical and support.
The Country Director is responsible for all facets of office management and sets the tone for the entire Peace Corps program in Namibia, for more information, click here to go to the Official Peace Corps Website