Minister, part of the problem around a work ethic and a commitment to the vocation of teaching has to do with the fact that many provincial departments of education have surrendered their managerial prerogative. In many cases that managerial prerogative has been surrendered to trade unions. This is the worst in the provinces that can afford it the least, like the Eastern Cape, as you know, and Limpopo.
My question to you is, since unions have the right to exist and can play a positive role in education, are you willing to facilitate a gathering of the 13 trade unions - yes, there are 13 unions operating in education - to form a federation of trade unions in education and to commit themselves to a charter that defines their positive role in the education system?