Thank you hon member, we get worried by the idea of a child not being at school because of documentation. This also affects children of migrants. We have met with the Minister of Basic Education where we asked her ... and I think recently, about four to five weeks ago ... to issue a circular to all the schools that no child must be barred from school regardless of their status because in the final analysis, it will work against the country if there is any child who stays out of school. Imagine if a child of a foreign national who is applying for asylum is barred from school and the parents win the asylum status after four years. It means you have lost four years of education. We can't have such a society.
I have been invited to Ministers and Members of Executive Councils meeting, Minmec, early next year by the Minister to talk to all the MECs that regardless of the conditions, any child of school-going age must be accepted to school, only us as adults will deal with the issues of documentation while the child is learning. Thank you very much.