(1) In view of inclusive education having been defined as addressing diverse needs, addressing barriers that negatively affect learning, supporting removal of barriers to learning and ensuring that education is non-discriminative, and noting her department’s statement that there are approximately 410 000 teachers in approximately 25 000 schools across the Republic who are responsible for around 12,9 million students, what total number of the teachers have the necessary training to provide inclusive education as defined to learners with diverse needs;
(2) whether any mechanisms are in place to ensure that all educators are exposed to inclusive education methodology; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?