† (1) Whether his department will be taking any steps to ensure that the National Senior Certificate is adequate to allow learners admission to universities at first year level and that there would not be any duplication with the National Benchmarking Test (NBT); if not, why not; if so, what steps; (2) whether his department intends taking any steps to ensure that students who fail the NBT will indeed gain admission to universities; if not, why not; if so, what steps?