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Namibia College of Open Learning

NAMCOL · Public open-learning college

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Students, 2024

3,804

4.4% of all students in Namibia

Women

92.5%

3,520 students

New first-year students, 2024

1,158

Staff, 2024

653

366 academic

New first-year students on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in 2024, as each institution reported them. In the yearbook's table the private institutions' rows add up to 145 more than its own total of 21,479; each institution's figure is shown as published.

The Higher Education Act does not class NAMCOL as a higher education institution; the yearbook counts it because its programmes are registered on the National Qualifications Framework as higher education programmes. Only those programmes are counted here.

The yearbook counts students on programmes at National Qualifications Framework levels 5 to 10, access and foundation programmes included; vocational (TVET) programmes and qualifications below level 5 are left out, so an institution's own total can be higher. Figures are headcounts, not full-time equivalents, for the academic year, which usually runs from January to December.

Students, 2020–2024

20202021202220232024
20243,804
20235,410
20224,468
20215,679
20204,939

How its students study, 2024

  • Full-timeNone
  • Part-timeNone
  • At a distance3,804 · 100.0%

Staff, 2024

  • Academic366
  • Academic support145
  • Skilled administration141
  • Unskilled administration1
  • Total653

Staff are headcounts by type, as each institution reported them. The yearbook notes that some private institutions give one person several roles, which makes staff hard to classify, so no students-per-staff figure is given.

Examination results, 2024

  • Passed2,816 · 74.0%
  • Failed885 · 23.3%
  • Absent101 · 2.7%
  • Dropped out or cancelled2 · 0.1%

Examination results for 2024 as each institution reported them: passed (and moving on to the next year), failed, continuing (master's and doctoral students whose research carries on), absent, and dropped out or registration cancelled. The yearbook warns that progression criteria differ between institutions, so these figures don't compare one institution with another.

What it costs

The yearbook has no fees. Each institution sets its own, and may charge Namibian, SADC and other students different rates — the University of Namibia does — so ask the institution what you would pay.

Other institutions in Namibia: University of Namibia, International University of Management, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Welwitchia University, Triumphant College, Institute for Open Learning, International Training College Lingua, I-Care Health Training Institute, River Higher Institute of Technology, Headstart Montessori Teacher Training College, Shiramed Medical Institute, Sunshine Private College, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, African Leadership Institute, St. Charles Lwanga Major Seminary, Botho University of Namibia, Namibia Evangelical Theological Seminary, Philippi Trust Namibia

Source: National Council for Higher Education (NCHE), 2024 Namibia Higher Education Statistical Yearbook (NHESY), used under NCHE's terms: “This publication may be used in part or in its entirety, provided the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) is acknowledged as the source.” Shares, sums and the selection of figures are CollegeMatcher's own, as are the full names (from NCHE's list of abbreviations and register) and the websites, checked in October 2026.

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