Education in Lesotho has undergone a transformation in recent years, meaning that primary education is now free, universal, and compulsory.
Lesotho has a population of approximately 2,067,000.The population distribution of Lesotho is 25% urban and 75% rural. However, it is estimated that annual increase of urban population is 3.5%.
Tucked away in the heart of South Africa sits the Kingdom of Lesotho, known to locals as the Kingdom of the Sky and to travellers as the Switzerland of Africa.