MP urges private schools to respect the late President and recognise Friday as a holiday

Stefanus Nashama Inna Hengari, the Popular Democratic Movement’s Member of Parliament, has urged private schools to respect the decision by the government to declare, Friday, 23 February 2024 a school holiday. Hengari raised the concern following news that some private schools are defying the government’s order to close on Friday. Some of the schools include Windhoek Gymnasium, Walvis Bay Gymnasium, and Oshana Gymnasium. “The PDM appreciates the Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture’s decision to declare Friday, 23 February 2024, a school holiday in honour of the late President Hage Geingob. “This is part of the mourning arrangements and preparations…