Chair, that is what I would have admitted upfront, even in the NCOP. As much as we admit that there is a crisis in our education system, it is not a crisis in the entire system. It is a crisis for black or African children; it affects black or African children in particular.
You have stated some of the reasons. Other reasons are the continued poverty amongst our people and the continued lack of development in our communities. Some other factors affect African kids more than kids of other races.
Those things continue to harm the development and growth of an African child. As a department, in terms of our turnaround strategy, we focus on those areas, especially in black or African schools. In these schools we still have continued challenges. That is why, in our turnaround strategies, we are focusing on those areas. [Interjections.] Let us not talk about your identity. I am saying blacks and Africans in particular. We will talk about your identity afterwards.
The point I am making is that we are introducing the no-school-fees policy because that is one of the factors causing African kids to drop out. We are introducing buses, because the distances learners must travel to schools are great. We use all sorts of methods to retain them. Allowing them to come back to school after a pregnancy is also a method to retain them. All our turnaround strategies are beginning to address those challenges that affect black children in the schooling system. It covers everybody.