I am writing as a concerned Namibian youth and as an applicant in the ongoing 2025 NDF recruitment process.<\/p>\n
I wish to raise an important issue that affects many young people across the country: The current NDF recruitment requirements focus heavily on English, requiring at least an E symbol.<\/p>\n
While I understand that English is important for communication during training, I believe mathematics and physical science should also be considered when screening applicants.<\/p>\n
These two subjects are essential for understanding defence equipment, technical operations, navigation, measurements, calculations and problem-solving, all of which are crucial in a modern defence force.<\/p>\n
However, many young Namibians performed very well in mathematics and science but slightly lower in English, even though they can follow instructions and communicate effectively.<\/p>\n
This leads to capable, intelligent and physically fit young people being automatically excluded based on one subject alone. I kindly request that this issue be highlighted publicly and that the defence ministry be questioned on why only English is prioritised, while equally important technical subjects are not being considered.<\/p>\n
Balancing the requirements could help create a fairer and more inclusive recruitment process. – Concerned Citizen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I am writing as a concerned Namibian youth and as an applicant in the ongoing 2025 NDF recruitment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[63,5963,83,269,1165,265,262,270,102,96,1166,261,267,264,263,266],"class_list":{"0":"post-220401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-namibia","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-arms-and-military-affairs","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-business-and-finance","12":"tag-conflict","13":"tag-current-events","14":"tag-economy","15":"tag-labour","16":"tag-namibia","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-peace-and-security","19":"tag-politics","20":"tag-southern-africa","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-trade","23":"tag-travel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116523875931755353","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}