To motivate the Class of 2013, Hon Motshekga shared a sad experience of a committed learner yearning to attain education by all means. In 2012, in spite of being gravely ill, the learner wrote and passed English Home Language (57 percent), Mathematics (62 percent), Life Sciences (62 percent), Physical Science (54 percent) and Afrikaans FAL. This translated to a National Senior Certificate Bachelor's Pass. Unfortunately he was overcome by illness.