Education outcome gap fuels persistent youth unemployment crisis

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2026-02-24

SWAKOPMUND, 16 March 2023 - Managing Director of High Economic Intelligence Namibia and Economist Salomo Hei. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 24 FEB (NAMPA) - Namibia is failing to derive optimal value from its substantial investment in education due to significant learner attrition between Grades 8 and 10, economist and researcher, Salomo Hei, has said.
His remarks come ahead of the tabling of the national budget on Thursday by Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, Ericah Shafudah, where the education sector is once again expected to receive the largest allocation.
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