Chairperson, whilst the IFP will support Vote No 14 - Education, we remain deeply concerned about the ever-widening gap between the policy and its implementation. In this instance we would appeal to the department to strengthen its monitoring mechanisms and not to rely on the provincial monthly reports only, which, most of the time, contain figures that are not credible at all.
For instance, it is not credible, as is indicated in the report, that Limpopo province only has about nine schools without toilets. It is certainly not credible to read in the report that KwaZulu-Natal only has six schools without toilets. It is for these reasons that we appeal to the department to pay more attention to the monitoring mechanisms and not to rely on these reports. I thank you.