1. The topics and content in the Scripted Lesson Plans (SLPs) are guided by the Life Skills and Life Orientation Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) themes and topics. As such, the Scripted Lesson Plans are not bringing new themes and topics. The difference is that, other materials used to deliver Life Skils and Life Orientation is not scripted; and do not guide on what teaching methodolgy can be used to deliver the content which is offered by the Scripted Lesson Plans. Once again, the Scripted Lesson Plans are not textbooks, and were never intended to be textbooks.
2. (a) The DBE is testing the utility of Scripted Lesson Plans to deliver the existing curriculum content; and
(b) There is no discrepency in the statements as explained in (1) and 2 (a).