(1) (a) What specific efforts and interventions has her department undertaken to improve, retain and develop the level of quality and standard of the teaching professionals and (b) what is the extent of the resources that have been invested by her department in these efforts and interventions from the outset; (2) (a) what has she found to be the impact thus far of the investment of resources, (b) what has been the response from teachers thus far, (c) what challenges have been experienced and (d) what has been the role of the private sector in this matter?