5.6. The indication was that there are many learners on the waiting list to be admitted to the school which calls for more schools of this nature to be opened. 5.7. Dr Theron thanked the Portfolio Committee members for the well intended effort to observe the situation in these kinds of schools. He indicated that if it were not for these schools, the dropout rate would have been higher. It is therefore the aim of the school to pick up potential dropouts and give them qualifications.