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- ↑ Sasman, Catherine (5 January 2010). "Grade 10/12 results some up, some down". New Era . Archived from the original on 21 February 2013.
- 1 2 Ndifon, Minka (8 February 2010). "Otjiwarongo Secondary School does not disappoint". Die Republikein .
- ↑ Immanuel, Shinovene (16 January 2014). "Quality of education slides". The Namibian . Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
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