(1)Whether, with reference to comments made by the Minister of Finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan, in his 2016 Budget Speech delivered on 24 February 2016, that she is working with social partners on the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) to identify and implement school improvement initiatives, any school improvement initiatives have been identified to date; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) have any school improvement initiatives been implemented to date; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case;
(3) with reference to the NECT stating its intention to transform eight chosen priority districts which represent 18% of South African schools and just fewer than 2 million learners shortly after its founding in July 2013, (a) which districts were chosen as priority districts, (b) why were they chosen as priority districts, (c) what was the National Senior Certificate pass rate in each specified district in (i) 2013, (ii) 2014 and (iii) 2015 and (d) what amount did the NECT spend in the eight priority districts in each specified year? NW959E