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The Class of 2020 will be

remembered for persistence

and hard work

Story by: Margareth-rose Kangootui

“I cannot begin to imagine how

you managed to complete your

academic studies let alone conduct

research and submit a project or a

dissertation...”

in common with faculty members, as indicated by Hon. Dr Itah Kandjii–Murangi,
Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation, when she congratulated
UNAM staff for yet another season of hard work and thought leadership, during her
keynote address.

“I have observed how UNAM last year, rolled out online learning in a matter of days
after the State of Emergency was declared. What you did was remarkable, and I
thank all the academics, the administrators and members of management for their
foresight and selfless sacrifice during a notably difficult year” expressed the Minster.

Under the same veil of achievement, the University surpassed its targets for securing
external grants by garnering 72 grants with a combined total value of N$59, 6 million.
In addition, it recorded a 42% increase in Scopus Indexed publications for the year
2020 and launched a molecular diagnostic lab at the School of Medicine to perform
COVID-19 PCR testing, a project generously funded by Debmarine Namibia.

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