{"id":262789,"date":"2019-04-05T08:30:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T06:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=262789"},"modified":"2019-04-05T08:30:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T06:30:47","slug":"ndafenongo-to-iol-graduates-use-your-brain-power-to-unlock-learners-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=262789","title":{"rendered":"Ndafenongo to IOL graduates &#8211; \u2018Use your brain power to unlock learner\u2019s potential\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-262792 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/56645008_2179134412153507_3688140111301574656_o-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/56645008_2179134412153507_3688140111301574656_o-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/56645008_2179134412153507_3688140111301574656_o-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/56645008_2179134412153507_3688140111301574656_o-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/56645008_2179134412153507_3688140111301574656_o.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Placido Hilukilwa<br \/>\nTEACHING is a calling and a teacher is required to use his or her brain intensively to be able to unlock each individual learner\u2019s full potential.<br \/>\nThis was said by Gerhard Ndafenongo, Oshana Region\u2019s deputy director of education responsible for programs and quality assurance.<br \/>\nHe delivered the keynote address during the graduation ceremony of the Institute for Open Learning (IOL) at Ongwediva on Thursday.<br \/>\nApproximately 250 IOL students were awarded degrees, diplomas and certificates in various fields of education and policing.<br \/>\nAddressing policing graduates Ndafenongo expressed the hope that they would play a role in solving some of the most worrying and mysterious crimes.<br \/>\nTo the graduating teachers, he said that teaching is not a walk in the park. \u201cIt is a continual struggle to create opportunities for success and improve livelihoods,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nHe warned the graduates against the tendency of becoming a teacher simply because it feels comfortable or because of a fairly good salary.<br \/>\nHe referred to Lutheran and Catholic missionaries who introduced literacy and numeracy in the northern regions more than a hundred years go saying they were an excellent example of self sacrifice for the benefit of the wider society.<br \/>\n\u201cThose missionaries did not have a pay slip,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nHe said he was impressed by the number of this year\u2019s IOL graduates and expressed the hope that they would make a positive contribution in the society. \u201cThere are children out there who are waiting for that teacher who will change their lives, lift them up and give them confidence to act as an equal to anyone else in this world.\u201d<br \/>\nHe invited them to apply for jobs in the public service whenever vacancies are advertised. \u201cWe do not discriminate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-262794 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/56702169_2179134628820152_1564954725382619136_o-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/56702169_2179134628820152_1564954725382619136_o-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/56702169_2179134628820152_1564954725382619136_o-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/56702169_2179134628820152_1564954725382619136_o-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/56702169_2179134628820152_1564954725382619136_o.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Placido Hilukilwa TEACHING is a calling and a teacher is required to use his or her brain intensively to be able to unlock each individual learner\u2019s full potential. 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