Speaker, education gives you tremendous power. We want to congratulate the Minister on taking the education system back to the basics, which are the three Rs.
The MF supports the collapsing of subjects. We believe it will become more focused because our concern is, most importantly, the practical implementation and transformation of this new system.
It is the end of the year, schools will be closing in the next 30 days, principals and teachers are preparing for examinations. When will legislation filter down; and how do principals get oriented to run the new school?
The practical implementation of collapsing the subjects means that the different teachers of different subjects will now be asked to teach different subjects. That is one of the problems teachers will be faced with. Secondly, the problem of the different text materials will, obviously, need to be revisited.
The MF, indeed, supports your notion and welcomes this new notion of putting an end to the old system of education. However, Minister, we would want you to be more proactive with schools and ensure that they are on board to deal with the new system. The MF will support this. [Applause.]