(1)How many applications were received in response to the last public call for potential external council members to apply for service on the councils of public Technical and Vocational and Education Training (TVET) colleges?
(2) Whether she was able to fill all the vacancies in the college councils from this list; if not, what remedial actions were undertaken to ensure that positions that required Ministerial appointments were filled?
(3) What is the average time required to fill vacancies that occur in the interim in the positions that require Ministerial appointment to the public TVET college councils?
(4) (a) How many of the current vacancies have existed for a period of more than six months and (b) What are the plans to fill these positions?