Deputy Chairperson, the response to Question 36 is very short. They might think I'm getting all the questions because I originally come from this House, but that's not the case.
Learners in public schools are taught by teachers who are employed by a provincial department of education. Service providers are not used by government to provide daily lessons to learners. To date, there are no reports that teachers have not been in the classroom or that they have lost time for learners.
However, provincial departments of education - in fact, this occurs quite frequently - may use service providers for Saturday classes, winter classes or spring classes. I've given the example of how we are going to utilise the period of the World Cup, and here service providers will indeed be used. Therefore, it is important that when provincial departments engage these service providers, they should ensure that they are remunerated appropriately and in good time. Therefore we agree, in fact, that they should be held accountable when they engage service providers.
However, the norm with regard to teachers is that they are appointed by the department. They would have to do their job. It's not the service provider that comes to school, but the teacher who was appointed by the department of education. Thank you very much.