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Namibia faces many challenges in its development as a democratic society. Improving the current situation will include tackling several interrelated issues pertaining to youth and education (UNICEF, 1995). Namibia has a young population, many of whom live in rural areas (National Planning Commission, 2001). Namibian youth are an integral part of the social changes that have accompanied the transition from colonialism to post-colonialism. They can be seen as agents of this transition from authoritarianism to democracy and from a racially divided society to a more integrated nation. Reconstructing education from what it has been to a system that brings equity of educational opportunity for all children is just one of the urgent challenges facing the Namibian government.
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Kasanda, C.D., Keyter, M.C., Zealand, D. (2012). The Status of Health Education in Namibian Schools. In: Taylor, N., Quinn, F., Littledyke, M., Coll, R.K. (eds) Health Education in Context. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-876-6_15
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