Dr Carole Bloch Makes a Presentation at NIED

Carole Bloch during the presentation on early literacy at NIED

Last week Friday, 25 October 2013, a specialist on early literacy, Dr Carole Bloch, Director of PRAESA at University of Cape Town, visited NIED to make a presentation for pre-primary teachers and educational officers in the country.

Pre-primary teachers from across Namibia
present at the workshop

The event was a great success, and nearly 40 pre-primary teachers from across Namibia present at the workshop have expressed their gratitude to Namibia Publishing House for inviting and sponsoring Dr Bloch's visit.

A pre-primary teacher reading a story
from the Big Book

The presentation by Dr Bloch was one of many presentations conducted at NIED between 21 October and 1 November 2013 as part of the Namibia-Saskatchewan Partnership Project. The Canadian delegates were Ms Laurie Hudyma and Ms Twyla Mensch.

Namibia Publishing House would like to thank the staff at NIED, the present teachers and educational officers for their warm welcome and the opportunity to contribute to this event.