6.1.3 Responses from the Provincial Department The Department was working to find solutions and interventions in respect of Grade 12 repeaters and how best they could be accommodated. The Department Curriculum Management Strategy specified the curriculum interventions to be put in place for implementation in 2013. Part of the strategy was to expand education to FET Colleges. Accountability measures were in place for areas where poor performance had been identified. It had been observed that with the switching of languages from Grade 4 there was also a decline in performance. The Department welcomed the move to have a compulsory First Additional Language as of Grade 1.