Staffing and Physical Facilities

Full-Time Staff

NAMCOL employs a small complement of full-time staff in order to develop and deliver its programmes. These employees are deployed at the Head Office complex in Katutura and eight Regional and Sub-Regional Offices at the locations listed in Table 4.1 below. In 2004, the College had a full-time staff complement of 65.

 

Table 4.1 – NAMCOL Full-Time Staff Complement, 2004

 

NAMCOL Region

No. of Staff Members

Regional Office

Sub-Regional Office

NORTHERN

6

Oshakati

Ondangwa

NORTH-EASTERN

4

Rundu

Katima Mulilo

CENTRAL

4

Otjiwarongo

 

SOUTHERN

6

Windhoek

 Keetmanshoop and Gobabis

HEAD OFFICE

45

Windhoek

 

TOTAL

65

 

 

 

Note: See the map of regions on the inside of the front cover of this Digest.

 

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Part-Time Staff

In addition to the full-time staff complement, the College employs numerous part-time workers, such as Tutors, Course Writers, Content Editors, Tutor Markers and Casual/ Contract Appointments to carry out specific functions in support of its educational programmes (see Table 4.2).

During 2004, a total number of 799 Tutors and 110 Centre Heads were employed on a part-time basis to provide tutorial support and administer NAMCOL centres. For the most part, these Tutors and Centre Heads are drawn from the ranks of professional teachers, who made their services available outside of normal working hours. Where there are no teachers in an area who are qualified and experienced in teaching a particular subject, an experienced professional or University graduate is employed.
 

Table 4.2 - NAMCOL Part-Time Staff, 2004

 

Region/Office

Centre Heads

Tutors

Tutor Markers/

Moderators

Course Writers

Content Editors

Casual/ Contract Appointments

TOTAL

TOTAL

110

799

26

12

7

46

1 000

Northern

59

373

N/A

N/A

N/A

4

436

North Eastern

15

121

N/A

N/A

N/A

3

139

Central Region

15

98

N/A

N/A

N/A

2

115

Southern Region

21

207

N/A

N/A

N/A

3

231

Head Office

N/A

N/A

26

12

7

34

79

 

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Physical Facilities

The College does not own physical facilities, apart from the Yetu Yama Centre in Katutura. However, NAMCOL utilises schools after hours for contact tutorials and during vacation periods for vacation workshops. In 2004 there were 95 Tutorial Centres from a total of number of 110 Enrolment Points

 

A minimum of three class groups, each with an average of thirty subject enrolments, is required before a Tutorial Centre can be established. Normally, when the number of enrolments for a particular subject exceeds sixty, the learners are split into two class groups. Table 4.3, below, provides information on the number of Tutorial Centres and class groups for the 2004 academic year. On average, there were 12 class groups per centre.


Table 4.3 – Tutorial Centres by NAMCOL Region and Number of Class Groups, 2004

 

NAMCOL REGION

Class groups

Northern Region

North Eastern

Region

Central

Region

Southern Region

TOTAL

Total No. of Centres

 

54

12

10

19

95

Total No. Enrolment Points

Non-Contacts only

 

5

3

5

2

15

Total No. of Class Groups

 

464

142

170

374

1 150

 

3

3

1

0

1

5

4

5

1

0

1

7

5

9

1

1

2

13

6

3

1

0

0

4

7

8

2

0

0

10

8

4

0

0

0

4

9

1

1

0

0

2

10

3

0

1

1

5

11

5

0

0

0

5

12

2

1

2

0

5

13

3

0

0

0

3

14

0

0

0

1

1

15

1

0

0

2

3

16

0

0

0

0

0

17

1

1

0

1

3

18

0

0

0

0

0

19

0

0

0

2

2

20

1

0

3

1

5

21

0

0

0

1

1

22

0

0

1

0

1

23+

3

3

2

6

14

 

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