Chairperson, I hereby move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes and supports the call of the Gauteng MEC for education, MEC Barbara Creecy, at a meeting with parents at the Diepsloot Combined School in Gauteng to assist the department of education in what she called "Operation Wake-up", which is a call to parents to assist our schools in ensuring that children are ready and arrive at school on time;
2) further notes that the call made by MEC Barbara Creecy is in line with President Jacob Zuma's non-negotiables that teachers and learners need to be in class on time and constructively working for seven hours of each day; and
3) welcomes this important initiative and calls upon all provinces and the parents at large to emulate such an innovative clarion call as an important initiative to create a partnership between parents and schools to address the problem of late-coming in schools, which is one of the major contributors to learners missing crucial time for lessons and education.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.