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National Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development Policy

Corporate Author
Namibia. Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism
Collation
21 p.
Resource Language
English
Year of publication
2019
Topic
Civic / Citizenship / DemocracySustainable development / Sustainability
Resource Type
International normative instruments / policy and advocacy documents
Level of education
Primary educationSecondary educationHigher educationLifelong learningTechnical and vocational education and trainingNon-formal education
Region
Africa
Place of publication
Windhoek

Namibia has become the first country in the SADC region to have a stand-alone National Environmental Education (EE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Policy. The development of the policy was a long time collaboration between government ministries and civil society. UNESCO through the Sustainability Starts with Teachers programme also supported the process.


The vision of the national EE/ESD Policy is an โ€œeducated and empowered Namibia with environmentally literate people taking responsibility and action for a sustainable futureโ€.


The policy is designed to support EE and ESD in formal, non-formal and informal education processes across all sectors of the Namibian society including higher education, teacher education, technical and vocational education institutions, and general education. It gives Namibia the much-needed foundation to work towards ESD for 2030 and the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

 

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