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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>A dropout percentage of 87 in the rural areas and that of 13 in the urban areas have been identified as some of the findings of the Extended National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP II).<\/p>\n

This emerged in a presentation by the Senior Economic Planner in the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Development Planning department, MS. Limakatso Matekane, during the strategic framework validation workshop which was held in Maseru on Tuesday<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. A dropout percentage of 87 in the rural areas and that of 13 in the urban areas have been identified as some of the findings of the Extended National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP II). 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