Oshikoto closes unregistered Ebenezer Royal Primary School

Staff Reporter

THE Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture has officially closed Ebenezer Royal Primary School in Omuthiya after the private school was found to be operating without registration.

The closure comes amid allegations of sexual abuse involving hostel learners, with the Oshikoto education directorate now placing learners at other schools.

The school’s former administrator, 42-year-old Frans Johannes, is facing seven counts of rape allegedly involving girls aged between five and 10. The alleged incidents reportedly occurred on different occasions during 2025 and 2026 at the school’s hostel, where Johannes’ wife worked as a matron.