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Eswatini ( / ˌɛswɑːˈtiːni / ESS-wah-TEE-nee; Swazi: eSwatini [ɛswáˈtʼiːni] ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and also known by its former official name Swaziland ( / ˈswɑːzilænd / SWAH-zee-land) and formerly the Kingdom of Swaziland, [ 11][ 12] is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its ...
Education in Eswatini includes pre-school, primary, secondary and high schools, for general education and training (GET), and universities and colleges at tertiary level. Pre-school education is usually for children five years or younger. Primary school education begins for children at age seven, at the end of which students take the external ...
Demographics of Eswatini, Data of UNDESA (Population Division), year 2019; Number of inhabitants in thousands. Eswatini's population is 1,113,276 according to the July 2021 estimate from the CIA World Factbook. The 2007 Census put the nation's population at 912,229. This number is lower than the 1997 Census, which gave 929,718 residents.
Prevalence of HIV, ages 15–49. Source: World Bank. HIV/AIDS remains one of the major challenges to Eswatini's socioeconomic development.In 2010, "the Ministry of Labour and Social Security estimated 43 percent of the population were "inactive workers"—students, the elderly, the ill, the disabled, people who "lack capital" or "look after" their own "need"—and not part of the formal labor ...
History of Eswatini. Artifacts indicating human activity dating back to the early Stone Age have been found in the Kingdom of Eswatini. The earliest known inhabitants of the region were Khoisan hunter-gatherers. Later, the population became predominantly Nguni during and after the great Bantu migrations.
The University of Eswatini (or UNESWA; formerly known as the University of Swaziland, or UNISWA) is the national university of Eswatini . It was established by act of parliament in 1982. [2] The university developed from the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS), formerly known as the University of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and ...
Culture of Eswatini. Swazi culture is the way of life and customs of the Swazi people through various historical stages. The culture of Swazi people involves music, food, religion, architecture, and kinship, among many other things. [ 1] The Swazi people are composed of various Nguni clans who speak the Nguni language siSwati.
The Swaziland National Union of Students is a membership-based organisation of students in all higher institutions of learning in Swaziland. It seeks to create a student movement and geared to confront the socio economic and political challenges of the country. The organisation also advocates an education policy that is informed by the economic ...