The Committee's concern is that this culture compromises the dignity and safety of the learners and hampers the delivery of basic services such as water and electricity. The proposed national assessment in literacy and numeracy for all grade 3 and 6 learners which will be conducted as part of the long term exercise to benchmark and raise educational level is a step in the right direction. While the learner work books and teacher lesson plans for literacy and numeracy for grade R to grade 6 will be provided in the beginning of 2011, the Committee is still concerned whether or not appropriate measures have been taken by the Department of Basic Education to avoid delays in the distribution of workbooks which occurred in the current financial year resulting in the cancellation of the tender.