Ongwediva College of Education

The Ongwediva College of Education (OCE) was one of four pedagogical colleges in Namibia. It offered three-year undergraduate diploma courses in basic vocational education to elementary and high school teachers: the Basic Education Teacher Diploma (BETD).{{Cite web|url=https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=120049&page=archive-read|title = Unam to reintroduce teacher diploma programmes |date=20 February 2014 |last=Cloete |first=Luqman |newspaper=The Namibian}}

The college was based in Ongwediva town, founded in 1913 by Finnish missionaries. In addition to teaching facilities, it also maintained a university library, a computer and arts centre and student residences.

Effective April 1, 2010, the college entered the Faculty of Education at the University of Namibia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100507211902877|title = NAMIBIA: Teacher colleges merge with university |date=9 May 2010 |last=Magadza |first=Moses |website=University World News}}

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