More than 17 000 full-time learners fail Grade 10

It will be a bleak festive season for the families of more than 17 000 learners who failed to garner the 23 points needed to advance to Grade 11.
Namibia’s Junior Secondary Certificate results have remained consistently poor in recent years, with thousands of full-time students either ending up on the streets, or enrolling with the Namibian College of Open Learning (Namcol), while a handful are allowed to repeat full-time at Namibian schools.
About 2 500 of the more than 17 000 students who failed this year will be allowed to repeat Grade 10 at schools next year.
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