8% of primary-age & almost 60% of secondary-age students dropped out of schools

Whilst it is great to celebrate freeing ourselves from colonialism and becoming an independent sovereign nation, what have we replaced it with? Or have we even replaced it? For the Kolisen Blong Leftemap Edukesen (KoBLE) Association and its members, the question remains — how satisfied are we with the country’s performance in all levels of education, formal, informal and non-formal since independence?

It seems clear that many of our youth and adults are barely literate, that they have left the education system early, with poor results.

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