Hon Speaker, the hon member knows very well that the situation has changed for the better in education. [Interjections.] I am not sure whether he was teaching a strategy of undermining education in this country because he was a teacher not long ago. I have just explained the achievements we have made in education but it looks like the hon member was not listening, and that is a problem. Even if a person has views, the person must be able to balance his or her views with reality.
The reality is that there are more people at school in South Africa today than there were during the apartheid era. There are more and better facilities in schools than there were at other times. [Interjections.] If the member believes that, in fact, it is worse than during the apartheid era, then I don't know whether he was around at that time. [Interjections.]
The fact is that we have prioritised education in this country as priority number one. We spend more money on education and we are doing everything we can to ensure that South Africans are educated. South Africans know that this government has prioritised education and do not need to be convinced by anyone. I have indicated that, for the first time, this government has identified poor schools as no-fee schools, and that has never happened before. Under apartheid, many children did not go to school if they did not have money, but they go to school today. [Applause.] If you do not see that difference, then you are living in another South Africa. Thank you, hon Speaker.