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Dropout rates have also plummeted. [4] On the other hand, Namibia's former Minister of Education Abraham Iyambo summarily described the Namibian education system as "crippled", [6] citing dropout rates, lack of teaching facilities, financial difficulties, sub-standard vocational training, and absence of pre-primary development. A National ...
This is a list of countries by the proportion of the population that has attained at least a secondary education. The list is composed of the percent of the population of the relevant age groups that have completed an upper secondary education in the listed countries.
This rate is different from the event dropout rate and related measures of the status completion and average freshman completion rates. [8] The status high school dropout rate in 2009 was 8.1%. [7] There are many risk factors for high school dropout. These can be categorized into social and academic risk factors.
Closed in 1977 due to the Namibian War of Independence and taken over by the Namibian government at Independence of Namibia, housing a junior secondary school. Returned to the Catholic Church in 2003, and reopened as a private school in 2004. [14] It was the fourth-best school in the country in 2013 and 2014 [15]
The Ministry of Education (MOE) is a department of the Namibian government. Established at Namibian independence in 1990, the first Namibian education minister was Nahas Angula. Between 1995 and 2005, and since 2015, its responsibility is only primary and secondary education, while vocational and university education fall under the Ministry of ...
In 2015, the youth literacy rate for Namibia was 94.88%. Though Namibia's youth literacy rate fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to increase through the 1991–2015 period ending at 94.88% in 2015. [8] Nearly 21% of female youth of secondary school age are out of school compared to 19% of male youth of the same age.
Common gender disparities that impact a female's education during the pandemic are finances enabling higher dropout rates, domestic violence, child marriage, early pregnancy, and exploitation of child labor. [75] Female caretakers drop out of schools to provide care for sick family members or become a source of income for their families.
The Public Service Union of Namibia (PSUN) is a trade union representing 23,000 public sector workers in Namibia. [1] Originally founded as a multiracial association in March 1981 as the Government Service Staff Association (GSSA) due to restrictions on trade unionism during the period of South African control of Namibia .