Namibia: Private Sector 'Too Preferential'

Windhoek — With the ever-growing number of unemployed university graduates roaming the streets, the education minister partly blames the private sector saying it is "too preferential" in appointing staff.

The Minister of Education, Dr David Namwandi, was responding to questions from New Era on why the country has many university graduates who can't find work. He said some private institutions do not want to employ graduates just from any tertiary institution even though they excelled in their studies.

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