PUTUAVANGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

Box 32 Opuwo
Tel: +264(0)65-273072 | Fax: +264 (0)65-273352
Email: putuavanga@gmail.com
EDUCATION EMANCIPATES

Vision
To provide a holistic education in a safe and secure environment that would develop and prepare learners to become positive
and functional members of a democratic Namibia. We will be recognised as the leading Senior Secondary School
in Kunene Region, providing a caring and holistic education responsive to the needs of our diverse
community which embraces tradition and recognises national and global developments.

Mission
We, at Putuavanga Secondary School, are committed to delivering inclusive quality education by focusing on the
development of the child in totality. We will build on the culture and tradition of the past, while always striving
to improve the interaction between the staff, pupils, parents and the community.

OBJECTIVES
 Embracing a technological approach to education.
 Cultivating an appreciation for cultural diversity.
 Using resources and infrastructure efficiently.
 Developing and maintaining partnerships with all stakeholders.

MOTTO
The very first scholars that opened the doors of Putuavanga Senior Secondary School believed strongly that “Education
Emancipates”. That believe was then adopted as the official Motto of the School Since 1991.

Values

Our shared values are:

 Life-long learning
 Teamwork
 Commitment
 Integrity
 Respect
 Compassion
 Capacity building
The school seeks to provide as many opportunities as possible to:

1. Recognise and develop individual potential.

2. Prepare children for Universities and a changing world.
3. Provide an environment that is happy and professional.
4. Be supportive, caring and encouraging.
5. Use the world’s best teaching, study and learning methods.
6. Invest in our staff members, who are our key resource.
7. Offer a curriculum that incorporates personal growth, life and study skills, which are all
linked to content.
8. Keep abreast of the latest technology.
9. Promote and enhance individual self-esteem.
10. Promote teamwork.
11. Involve our entire community as a resource.
12. Make the school a life-long, year-round community resource centre.
13. Teach traditional values, respect and courtesy in a modern world.

Ethos
Staff and school

1. We are passionate (and compassionate) about helping our children to succeed

2. We challenge our pupils: they need to be tough
3. We care for and respect each other (edify colleagues)
4. We foster personal growth
5. We nurture leadership and vision, and reward innovation
6. We live by honesty and integrity
7. We support and participate in our community
8. We take individual responsibility and are accountable
9. We look for all staff to add value and ask, 'Is there a better way of doing this?'

Pupils

1. Resilience and perseverance

2. Collaboration
o Self-responsibility: taking responsibility for one’s own actions and progress
o Tolerance: acceptance, respect, empathy and compassion
o Reliability
o Honesty
o Humility
o Inter-dependence
o Vulnerability
3. Self-control: ability to delay instant gratification (impulse control)
4. Good judgement