(1) Whether she has prescribed a standard for the number of library books or books additional to the textbooks and workbooks, to be available to each child in each grade; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details, (b) by what date will the prescribed standard have been met in each province and (c) what are the details of the obstacles to compliance; (2) whether, with reference to her reply to question 3042 on 29 November 2013, learners are tested directly relative to the prescribed reading norms for Grades 1, 2 and 3; if not, (a) why not and (b) what method(s) is utilised to ensure that learners achieve the prescribed norms; if so, (3) whether her department records the results of these assessments; if so, what are the results in the departmental database; (4) what action has she taken to ensure that foundation phase teachers are equipped to teach learners to read, following the findings of the 2012 National Education Evaluation and Development Unit (NEEDU) National Report, as summarised and published in April 2013; (5) (a) what are the reasons for the relatively lower literacy rates in quintile 1 to 4 schools, compared to quintile 5 schools, as detailed in the Report on the Annual National Assessments of 2013 and (b) what action has been and is being taken to address this inequality?