This study examines the relationship between educational attainment and employment
advancement among marginalized people in Namibia. It attempts to identify the situational,
institutional and dispositional barriers that have stifled the educational progress of OvaHimba
and OvaZemba people based in the Kunene region and how these have limited their access to
formal employment opportunities and/or employment advancement. Furthermore, it explores the
potential of Adult Education to improve the formal educational qualifications of the OvaHimba
and OvaZemba adults.
Namibia is often lauded as an example of a country which has successfully negotiated the perils
of post-independent statehood to take its place as a model citizen in the community of
democratic nations. Blessed with relative stability, an abundance of natural resources, and a
liberal constitution, Namibia appears to be ideally placed to provide all its citizens with a decent
life consisting of access to quality education, healthcare and economic opportunities. Despite
this, Namibia education has failed it adult population because of numerous factors. This study
identify these factors.