Training institutions recently got accreditation to enhance the credibility of their various courses and training they offer.

The Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA) recently awarded accreditation certificates to four training institutions in Windhoek.
The four are the Institute of Open Learning (IOL); Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) Vocational Training School; National Youth Service (NYS); and the United Lutheran Theological Seminary - Paulinum.
Officiating at the event, NQA Chairman Eckhart Mueller said it is important for training institutions and institutions of higher learning to acquire accreditation certificates, because it enables the employers to value the qualification of every applicant according to the National Qualifications Framework.
“We must ensure that all qualifications in Namibia count. All qualifications must be of such quality that holders thereof are empowered,” he stressed.
The holders of the qualifications must be empowered to become competent workers and employers while empowered to build this nation and to help themselves, he noted.
According to Mueller, employment varies with education attainment, and there is empirical evidence that there is a correlation between levels of educational attainment and employment.
Thus, the higher the level of education and training, the lower the probability of unemployment, he explained.
“I must add though, that such education and training must be legal, relevant and of quality. Education globally is outcome-driven and outcome-based, thus quality focused,” noted the chairman.
He cautioned that the nation should never be empowered with illegal, inferior, irrelevant and wasteful qualifications.
Meanwhile, Mueller announced that construction work on the new building of the NQA commenced in November last year.
The building will be situated on the corner of Dr W. Kulz and Bismarck streets in the capital.
Construction will take place over a period of one year, and the NQA will continue renting a building in Bismarck Street.