outreach and community-based health service delivery vehicles as well as the introduction of mobile clinics in the regions. In August 2012, following numerous complaints about poor health service delivery in the country, the President ordered a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the operations and the conditions of health facilities in the country. The report of the Commission was delivered to the President during the first quarter of 2013.12 The President directed the Ministry of Health and Social Services to implement the recommendations of the report with immediate effect. The Ministry has incorporated the recommendations into its Strategic Plan for 2013-2017. 18.1 Physical and mental health of the citizens The National Policy for Mental Health which was launched in 2005 aims to achieve and maintain a high standard of mental health and well-being in the population of Namibia, as well as to reduce stigma against people with mental disorders. This is to be achieved through the development of a comprehensive community-based mental health service that is decentralized and integrated into the general health service. There is currently only one mental hospital in Windhoek and one mental ward in Oshakati. The MoHSS envisages having fully functional specialized mental hospitals in Windhoek, Oshakati and Nankudu by 2018 and another one in Keetmanshoop by 2023. 19. ARTICLE 17: THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION In terms of Article 20(1) of the Namibian constitution “All persons shall have the right to education”. Article 20 (2) provides that primary education shall be compulsory and that the State shall provide reasonable facilities to render effective this right for every resident within Namibia, by establishing and maintaining State schools at which primary education will be provided free of charge. New primary and secondary schools including the first ever vision school in the country has been built for the past two years. The 2012 statistics regarding the net school enrolment ratio shows that slightly more females 12 Report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry – Ministry of Health and Social Services - 2013 - 41 -