I move without notice on behalf of the ANC:
That the Council -
1) notes the urgent need to and the importance for addressing the gap left in the education of many adults who are already employed and those who left school without completing their education;
2) further notes that there is a growing need for adult-based education programmes to fill the gap in education among employed adults and also to equip adults who did not finish school with the literacy and numeracy they need to gain proper employment;
3) further notes that the Gauteng government has recognised this need and its department of education has taken effective remedial action by implementing an accelerated adult basic education programme to fill the literacy gap; and
4) commends the Gauteng government and its department of education for identifying the chronic illiteracy problem and for taking steps to remedy it and calls on the other provinces to follow this as a model.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.