Thank you, Madam Speaker. May I say, Madam Speaker ...
Sebui, re ne re itumetse thata maabane fa re go utlwa o bua Setswana se se monate. [... we were fascinated by the fluency in which you spoke Setswana yesterday.]
The reply to the question is as follows: The plan with respect to learners in Grade 12 in Khutsong was to move all the Khutsong matric learners to an intensive tuition centre in the North West province where they would live, learn and study until the completion of their exams at the end of November 2007.
On 12 August 2007, 441 - the total sum of Grade 12 learners - Grade 12 learners in Khutsong were moved from their homes to the Vuselela FET college in Taung. The plan has been put into practice, and I receive reports from the department constantly. I am informed that the learners are benefiting from the tuition provided by the subject specialists appointed by the North West education department to assist the learners.
The Grade 12 learners who chose to remain behind will write their final exams in registered exam centres around Khutsong. There were a few who chose not to join the 441 that I have referred to, which is bulk, the majority, in fact - almost the entire number - of the learners in Grade 12 in Khutsong. Thank you, Madam Speaker. [Applause.]