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Your degree is a receipt, not a skill. Most graduates paid for paper and called it education. I studied 5 years, forgot over half by graduation, then started on an N$1,000 internship. Hook 1/12 from The Graduate (paperback + Kindle below). Receipt or skill: what did you get?

7,200 of 8,000 placed is a strong number. I learned this the hard way: after 5 years of study the big audit firms didn't hire me, and an N$1,000 internship taught me what my degree didn't. Retraining works.

Get the last 3 years of past papers for each module and do them timed, no notes. Mark yourself honestly, then study only what you got wrong. And sleep the night before, it's worth more than one more hour of cramming. Good luck!

5,000 young Namibians building robots and 3D printing is the kind of news we need more of. Kids learn maths fastest when it's in their hands. I'd love to see this reach every region, not just Windhoek.

Congratulations to all 25. A PhD is years of quiet work most people never see. After my own 5 years of study I learned the degree opens the door, but what you build after it is what counts.

Not wrong, if AI is the tutor and not the answer sheet. Ask it to quiz you, then write a full past paper by hand, timed. In the exam room it's just you and a pen, so practise that way too.

Industry bursaries are underrated: you study and build contacts at the same time. My first internship taught me more than five years of lectures, so get close to the industry as early as you can.

One page is a gift. After 5 years of study the big audit firms didn't hire me, and I started on an N$1,000 internship. Put what you can actually do at the top, not your whole history.

Good reminder. Students, keep one folder ready with your ID, results and proof of income, and screenshot every confirmation. A missing document costs more time than the application itself.

Grade 11 is where matric is really won. What helped me most: one past paper every weekend, timed, then marked honestly. You find your gaps while there's still time to fix them.

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After 5 years of study, no big firm would hire me. I learned my job on an N$1,000 internship, by doing it. Our first project: kids aged 9-15 in Windhoek take a real go-kart apart and rebuild it. The donation page is now live and verified. Link below. Mechanic 🔧 or driver 🏁?

The point of education, from the last two chapters of The Graduate. @IUM_Namibia @DBE_SA what would you add for young graduates?

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Two years after graduating, my life was work and going out. I had a degree but no purpose. The last two chapters of The Graduate are the point of it all: education isn't just for a job or money. It's to find your calling and lift your family and community. Job or purpose?

Encouraging to see. Where you start doesn't decide where you finish. What matters most after matric is what you keep learning once nobody is grading you.

To anyone applying: don't skip a role because the firm is small. I started with an N$1,000 internship at a small bookkeeping firm and learned more about real books there than in five years of study.

So true. I spent five years studying for one path, got turned down by the big audit firms, and found my footing somewhere I never planned. The unexpected step often teaches you the most.

Great move. Practical placements are where graduates actually become employable. My own career started with an N$1,000 internship at a small bookkeeping firm after the big firms turned me down. Interns, treat every task as training.