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This chapter presents the findings about how Namibian public universities are responding to the implementation of National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Policy in their institutions. The findings reveal lack of understanding among internal stakeholders particularly among students concerning what NQF is all about and its implementation process. Essentially, from the findings, the lack of support plan from the state in terms of finance was one of the emerged challenges facing Namibian public universities in implementing the NQF Policy.
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Kambonde, S.A. (2020). Implementation of NQF Policy in Namibia Public Universities. In: Adeyemo, K.S. (eds) The Education Systems of Africa. Global Education Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43042-9_14-1
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