Whether she will furnish Ms LM Ngobeni with a complete breakdown of all official travel for (a) her and (b) the Deputy Minister since they assumed office, including the (i) purpose and justification for each trip, (ii) destination details, (iii) costs incurred, including but not limited to transport, accommodation, meals and other related incidental expenses, (iv) names and roles of all accompanying support staff and their respective costs and (v) additional costs associated with each specified trip; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

With reference to the second quarterly report on the performance of her department in meeting its predetermined objectives for the 2024-25 financial year, in which it was mentioned that the Deputy Minister launched an In-School Breakfast programme in Kuruman with certain companies (names furnished), (a) what factors influenced the selection of the five schools in the Kuruman area for the specified programme and (b) how are parents, teachers, and local communities engaged in the programme’s implementation and monitoring?

What mechanisms has her department put in place to monitor the performance of (a) schools and (b) education programmes at the (i) provincial and (ii) district levels?

(a) How will her department ensure a smooth transition to formally integrate Grade R practitioners into the education system amidst ongoing job cuts without compromising the quality of education and/or the livelihoods of affected practitioners and (b) what total number of Grade R practitioners (i) are already on the payroll of her department, (ii) will be absorbed into permanent positions and (iii) are expected to remain in excess after the specified transition?

Whether she has discovered any delays and/or financial mismanagement in the infrastructure projects of her department such as building new schools in rural communities or maintaining the existing ones; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

What actions is her department taking to attract and retain qualified Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics educators, especially in under-resourced schools?

Whether the collaboration with the Department of Social Development and SA Police Service have shown measurable results in addressing school violence and substance abuse; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Whether the records of her department show teenage pregnancy amongst learners to be prevalent in specific schools within the Republic; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the details of (a) the (i) high/secondary and (ii) primary schools teenage pregnancy were prevalent in each (aa) district and (bb) province and (b) her department’s interventions in the specified districts?

What measures has her department put in place to ensure that students from low-income families are not priced out of quality education due to their inability to pay school fees?

What is the updated timeline about the plans to eliminate unsafe pit toilets and thereby ensure that all schools have essential infrastructure?