Namibia

Oshana Region has taken the lead and has implemented Jolly Phonics in all of its schools. In 2021, Jolly Grammar 1 and 2 was implemented in junior primary.

Project Start Date

2017

Implementing Partner

Jolly Futures CIC

Government Partners

Ministry of Education, Arts & Culture, MoEAC Namibia Directorate of Education, Arts and Culture- Oshana Region

Jolly Futures has achieved vast improvements in learners' reading and writing abilities in the Oshana Region, including in home languages.

Following successful pilots in most other regions, Oshana region lead the country into a national rollout of Jolly Phonics in February 2022.

In 2023 the MoEAC ensure that the new cohort of grade 1 pupils recieved Jolly Phonics materials. These were printed locally by MoEAC with the licence to reprint provided by Jolly Learning Ltd. With three Namibian Jolly Phonics trainers regions are able to make provisions for refresher teacher training when needed.

Strong support from MoEAC at multiple levels continues to sustain the impact of the donations made in 2022.

14Regions

2845Teachers

99239Pupils

Number of projects, teachers and pupils that have benefitted from Jolly Futures donations.

Oshana Region has rolled out Jolly Phonics to all schools in 2018, and pilots have been conducted in 10 further regions. In 2022 Jolly Phonics was rolled out to all 14 regions of Namibia. It is now being used in every public school Grade 1 class in the country!

Pilot phase

Rollout phase

Sustainability phase

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Project Reports and Documents

Namibia National Jolly Grammar Rollout Report 2024.pdf

Namibia National Jolly Phonics Rollout Report 2022.pdf

Osana Jolly Evaluation report-November 2017 revised 23 January 2018.pdf

Project Contacts

Hileni Amukana

Director, Directorate of Education, Arts and Culture- Oshana Region, Namibia

Projects: Oshana Region

hmamukana.edu@oshanarc.gov.na+264 (61) 229 800

Ronel Bosch

Programmes & Quality Assurance at Head Office for Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture

Projects: Nationwide

ronelbosch@yahoo.co.uk +264 81 203 0050

Project Partners

Jolly Futures CIC is a UK-registered social enterprise that has been established to manage the overall implementation of the Jolly Futures Programme. Jolly Futures supports Implementing Partners and directly partners with government to ensure high-quality projects that achieve results.