Cosmos High School is a
polytechnical school in
Windhoek
Windhoek (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek, which ...
, the capital of
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...
. It is situated in
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Hans-Dietrich Genscher (21 March 1927 – 31 March 2016) was a German statesman and a member of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), who served as Federal Minister of the Interior from 1969 to 1974, and as Federal Minister for Foreign Affa ...
street in the suburb of
Khomasdal.
History
Cosmos opened on 17 January 1989 and was officially inaugurated on 30 May 1990 by the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Namibia,
Hage Geingob
Hage Gottfried Geingob (3 August 1941 – 4 February 2024) was a Namibian politician who served as the third president of Namibia from 2015 until his death in February 2024. Geingob was the country's first prime minister
A prime minister ...
. The first principal was J. van Wyk.
In January 2008 the school implemented an inclusive education, when they included the first group of hearing impaired learners in January 2008 in grade 11. The school occupied the 13th place out of 33 secondary schools in the region during the academic year of 2010.
See also
Education in Namibia
External links
School website
References
1989 establishments in South West Africa
Schools in Windhoek
Educational institutions established in 1989
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