What (a) are the details of the major factors that her department considered when taking the decision to reopen schools during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic (b) conclusive evidence did her department rely on to reach the conclusion that children are less likely to die from the virus and/or transmit it to their parents and grandparents at home, given that the coronavirus is a novel virus and no one comprehensively knows all modes of its transmission?

What (a) is the name of each company that has provided school textbooks to each province in each of the past 10 academic years, (b) are the names of the owners and directors of each of the specified companies, (c) textbooks did each company provide in each province in each of the specified academic years and (d) were the costs of the textbooks provided by each company in each province in each of the specified academic years?

Whether she has been informed that the North West Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education announced that the personal protective equipment for learners will only be made available to older learners and not to younger learners at primary schools; if not, will she engage the MEC on this matter; if so, what steps does she intend taking in this regard?

With regard to the tender for the appointment of a panel of South African registered suppliers to supply and/or supply and install locally produced 32 inch Integrated Digital Television sets for the 2020 indigent matriculants by the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa, (a) what criteria were used to identify the recipient learners, (b) what total number of matriculants were approved in each province, (c) by what date will the televisions be installed and handed over to each matriculant ready to be used, d) how would this assist matriculants who (i) are already back at school and (ii) will soon write final exams and leave school, (e) what are the reasons that matriculants were not provided with computers and sim cards, free internet and Wi-Fi hotspots and (f) what was the exact involvement of her department in this project?