Dibasen Junior Secondary School is a school in Okombahe, 60 km west of Omaruru in the Erongo Region of central Namibia.[1] It was founded in 1982[2] and has 16 teachers and about 360 learners in grades 7 to 9.[3]

The school was the target of several arson attacks at the time of Namibia's transition into independence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. As a result of those politically motivated attacks, student numbers went down from 900 to 200. During an attempt to rebuild the school the remaining hostel blocks burned down in 2005.[1] As of 2016 the ruins have neither been removed not rebuilt.[4]

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  1. 1 2 Maletzky, Christof (14 July 2005). "Dibasen School hostel burns down". The Namibian.
  2. ↑ Maletzky, Christof (7 October 2003). "Dibasen School Marks 21 Years With Rebuilding Drive". The Namibian. via allafrica.com.
  3. ↑ "Erongo Schools". Association of Regional Councils in the Republic of Namibia. Archived from the original on 21 September 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  4. ↑ Hartmann, Adam (27 May 2016). "History catches up with the future". The Namibian. pp. 6–7.


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