Namibia: Govt Scraps Exam Fees for Secondary Education

Windhoek – Namibia has scrapped examination fees for pupils sitting for junior and senior secondary school certificates and it would be effective until 2016, Education Minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa has said.

Hanse-Himarwa told the media on that parents would only pay hostel fees following the decision taken in 2013 by the government to ban school fees in secondary schools. Former President Hifikepunye Pohamba introduced Free Universal Primary Education in 2013, while Free Universal Secondary Education was put on the cards.

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