Chair, I am not sure where the timeframe starts, because you cannot say it is at an all-time low. When I went to school, most of my counterparts, even those before me, will tell you that it could not have been better for other sectors of society.
We have major enrolment rates. We are leading in terms of Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, in terms of enrolment; so, it could not be better.
The fact we are not denying is that we are still confronted by a major challenge to be at the levels where all of us as a country want to be, but it is not that it is at an all-time low. We admit that we have major challenges.
In terms of teachers, do you want me to repeat what I have said to Baba uMpontshane? The system stands and falls on the feet of teachers. That is why we have a programme that we inherited. In addition, we are working closely with the unions to make sure that we can correct the major challenge that we have concerning the management of, and the quality of teaching in, our schools. So we are agreed.