Whether her department intends to establish a national policy on hair and appearance of learners at all schools to ensure their dignity and religious beliefs, in light of the intolerance amongst certain schools and their management and teaching staff who are now cutting the natural afro hair of male and female black children as has happened at the Endlozana Pimary School in kwaNongoma, KwaZulu-Natal; if not, what is the policy position in this regard; if so, (a) by what date and (b) what steps will be taken against the principals and implicated teachers of such schools in the interim?