First gentleman urges Kavango West boys to stay in school

First gentleman Denga Ndaitwah has urged boys in the Kavango West region not to abandon their education, warning that poor results, peer pressure, embarrassment and financial hardship should not determine their future.

Speaking at a boy-child engagement at Nkurenkuru on Friday, he said boys make up the majority of school dropouts in the region.

This comes after education director Pontianus Musore announced that 650 pupils dropped out of school during the first semester this year, with boys making up the majority of dropouts.