The National Council Standing Committee on Education, Science, ICT and Youth Development Chairperson, Bethuel Tjaveondja, says he is pleased with oversight engagements that have been undertaken and aimed to strengthen the quality of education in the country.

||Kharas Governor Dawid Gertze has urged young people to move away from a culture of excuses and take greater responsibility in pursuing available opportunities.||.

Gertze made the call during the Youth Desk's first official meeting in Keetmanshoop on Friday.

The Minister of Justice and Labour Relations, Wise Immanuel, emphasised that the government cannot compel private companies to employ workers permanently but can enforce the minimum wage order.

Situated in the Omuthiya Primary Health Care Clinic, the Youth Clinic provides a safe and supportive space for adolescents between the ages of 10 and 24 as well as medical and psychological services.

There is a need to interrogate the rise in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases, which continue to occur despite strict laws implemented to curb such occurrences.

This is the combined view of various policy analysts and researchers.