Hon Speaker, I think the challenge which the hon member is illustrating here is broader, in the sense that, as we have said, the promotion of other essential skills at our tertiary education centres has had what may be termed unintended consequences, where the humanities, generally, have suffered and the language sector, specifically, has suffered. I believe it is because of that that the Minister of Higher Education has been very vocal about the fact that African languages need to be promoted more at tertiary institutions.
It is also because of that, as I mentioned in my response earlier on, that as a department we also do offer bursaries at universities to make sure that there are more language practitioners produced at tertiary institutions because it is only through that that we will be able to capacitate our education system.
As we have also alluded to earlier on, the South African Languages Bill's intention is to make sure that even government departments are forced to use more languages. Once that is adopted, it will create more opportunities for language practitioners to be employed in various government institutions, and facilitate the promotion of all 11 languages. Thank you.
Review of school principal employment system
90. Mr A M Mpontshane (IFP) asked the Minister of Basic Education:
Whether she intends reviewing the employment system of principals of schools; if not, why not; if so, what new system is her department considering? NO525E