Erongo features prominently in 2016 schools and learner performance profile

Not only did the Erongo Region emerged as the top performing Region in the 2016 Grade 12 school academic year, but three private schools feature among the top 20 top performing private schools in the country as well as two schools are also among the top 20 in the category for state schools. In addition the top performing HIGCSE student is a pupil of the Walvis Bay Private High School, Renate Potgieter.

Among the twenty top performing Government schools in the country, Namib High School ranks 6th and Kuisebmond Secondary School 17th. Kuisebmond Secondary School made a remarkable improvement in this regard from the 51st position in 2015 to 6th in S2016.
Three Erongo private schools also strutted their stuff as top twenty performing private high shools. Duneside Private School is in 8th position (up from 10th position in 2015), followed by Karibib Private School in 13th position (up from 19th position in 2015). Walvis Bay Private High School is in 16th position, down from 15th position in 2015.