(1)(a) What percentage of the annual budget allocated to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has been transferred by her department to the specified entity as at 30 September 2017, (b) what is the total amount that NSFAS committed to pay to each technical vocational education and training (TVET) college for the 2017 academic year, (c) what amount has been transferred from NSFAS to each specified TVET college during the period 1 January 2017 to 31 October 2017 and (d) what amounts were still due to the TVET colleges for the 2017 academic year as at the latest specified date for which information is available;
(2) Whether her department has any plan in place to improve the transfer of funds from NSFAS to TVET colleges in the future; if so, (a) at what stage of the academic year can TVET colleges expect to receive the full amounts due to them in the future and (b) what funding options are available to TVET colleges to assist poor students during the interim period until the funds due to them have been transferred?