UNAM Vice-Chancellor advocates for inclusion of Southern Campus in National Development Plan

University of Namibia Assistant Vice-Chancellor Erold Naomab advocated for the inclusion of UNAM Southern Campus in the upcoming National Development Plan (NDP5). Positioning the campus as a key development partner during //Kharas Region NDP5 deliberations in here on Friday, Naomab reiterated that education was an 'economic' issue. He said that the future growth in student and lecture numbers of the young campus would ensure huge financial inflows into the region. UNAM already invested N.dollars 35 million into the upgrade of existing lecturing and accommodation facilities in Keetmanshoop. A further N.dollars 80 to N.dollars 100 million is earmarked this year for the construction of the first phase of the permanent structures of the university. Naomab said that the envisaged establishment of the Geology School at the southern campus would contribute to technological advances in the mining and underground water sectors of the region.