Hardap school pupils sent home without reports over ink shortage

Pupils at J&W Mouton Primary School on farm Karanas near Rehoboth were sent home for the semester holiday without report cards due to a shortage of ink and other administrative challenges at the school. Parents say the situation has left pupils, especially Grade 7s, disadvantaged as some need their reports to apply for placement at other schools for Grade 8 next year. The school, which is in the Oanob circuit in the Hardap region, has no English teacher either.

School principal Brandon Hammond this week confirmed the ink shortage, but said he could not comment further as he has resigned from the school. “I’m no longer at the school, and I’m not returning. I have no access to any school resources . . .

There was no copying paper or ink, and there were technical problems regarding the reports,” he said. Hammond said the reports would be printed once the school reopens and pupils would receive them during their first weekend out. A teacher at the school said the matter has been brought to the attention of the education minister, deputy education minister, regional director and deputy director.