To provide a network of locations where all that are involved in education may meet in a neutral and supportive environment that is conducive to the process of reform in both philosophy and mode of teaching and learning.

To provide office space for a variety of services in addition to regular TRC operations including: Teacher Advisory Services, Adult and Continuing Education, Literacy programmes and library services. The eventual plan is to operate the TRC s as "multi-functional centers" supporting both ministerial and NGO initiatives as well as community-based ventures.

To support both the current educational reform process and the ongoing teacher upgrading programmes in Namibia through two way systems of communication and monitoring (linked to NIED and the MoE Head office) for the introduction of new materials and methodologies into the education system.

To monitor the reform process and provide feedback to the regional offices, to NIED and the Head Office as a whole. This function will always be done openly and in collaboration with teachers so as not to jeopardize the healthy relations and mutual respect that every TRC should strive to foster among its users.

To provide teachers with access to the widest range of up-to-date printed and audio-visual educational resource materials. This includes access to computer based teaching materials, databases, basic desktop publishing facilities, micro teaching equipment, and production facilities for producing teaching and learning aids of all kinds.

To provide Lecture and Conference facilities for teachers for teacher groups to meet and exchange ideas, support each other and convene study groups for the enrichment of the profession.

To facilitate change through exposing teachers to new ideas and more effective teaching practices. This function takes place largely through in-service activities organized at both national and regional levels. However it takes place through the spontaneous daily activities of the individual TRCs as they attempt to meet the needs of teachers in their service areas.

To establish the widest network that is feasible through out the country so as to enable the individual TRCs to be linked as closely as possible to the classroom. In this way, the TRC Network may effectively keep its fingers on the pulse of the process.