(1)With reference to her reply to question 835 on 20 April 2016, (a) who will pay for the costs of training the 100 South African teachers to be trained in Mandarin in each year for the next five years and (b) what amount has been budgeted for the training in each specified year;
(2) (a) who will pay for the 100 South African teachers to travel to China in each year for the next five years for purposes of methodological and cultural enrichment and (b) what amount has been budgeted for this purpose in each specified year;
(3) (a) what criteria will be used to select the 100 South African teachers for Mandarin training, (b) will the specified teachers already be proficient in Mandarin and (c) how long will it take for the specified teachers to be (i) proficient in Mandarin and (ii) able to teach Mandarin;
(4) (a) what criteria will be used to select the 500 schools at which Mandarin will be rolled out in the next five years, (b) who will pay the salaries of Mandarin teachers at the specified schools, (c) how many learners currently take Mandarin as a second additional language in each province and (d) will action be taken against any selected school if they refuse to offer Mandarin;
(5) has her department undertaken any empirical studies to ascertain the demand for Mandarin as a second additional language at schools; if not, why not; if so, what were the findings of each such study?