Minister, could you provide us with further details of progress already being registered on the process of standardising and improving our school examinations and on correcting the inconsistencies of the apartheid regime, where different provincial examination boards are now being replaced by a progressive and uniform structure that we have today?
LETONA LA THUTO YA MOTHEO: Selemong se sa tswa feta, Mme, ho ne ho ngolwa hlahlobo ya ho qala moo ho neng ho hlahlojwa hona ka bophara tlasa Letona la maoba. Ho ya pele rona re tla nne re hlahlobe bana ka tlase ho hlahlobo e le nngwe. Ke re, Mme o bua nnete ha a re ho tloha selemong se fetileng mafapha a fapaneng a neng a hlahloba bana a ile a fediswa tlasa Letona la maoba Mme Pandor.
Ho ile ha ba le hlahlobo e ntjha, e tswetseng pele, e hlahlobang bana ka ho tshwana. Haeba ho thwe ngwana o fumane letshwao la A a le Ciskei, o tsebe hore e tshwana le ya Limpopo le dibaka tse ding. Jwale e kentswe tshebetsong mme re ntse re tswela pele ho e ntlafatsa. Ho ya pele re shebile hape hore ho be le Lekgotla la Dihlahlobo le ikemetseng hore e se be rona ba rutang bana, re ba fe thupello mme re be re kgutle hape re ba hlahlobe.
Dilemong tse pedi kapa tse tharo tse tlang ho tla ba le lekgotla le ikemetseng le sa laolweng ke lefapha. E tla ba lona le hlahlobang bana. Ha jwale re ntse re tswela pele ka mosebetsi o motle. Ke a leboha nnake. (Translation of Sesotho paragraphs follows.)
[The MINISTER OF BASIC EDUCATION: Last year, hon member, the first examination was written and it was generally examined under the previous Minister. Going forward, we shall continue to examine the children under one examination. The hon member is correct when she says that from last year different departments that were examining the children were abolished under the previous Minister, Mrs Pandor.
There is a new continuous assessment which examines the children in the same way. If a learner is said to have obtained symbol A in Ciskei, you must know that it is the same as the one in Limpopo and elsewhere. It is now in operation and we are continuing to improve it. Going forward, we are also looking at having an independent Council of Examinations. It shouldn't be us who teach the children, give them training and thereafter, examine them.
In the next two to three years, there will be an independent council. It will be this council that will examine the children. At present we are continuing with our good work. Thank you, my sister.]
Role of department in resolving recent dispute between Cricket south Africa and Gauteng Cricket Board
27. Mr L Suka (ANC) asked the Minister of Sport and Recreation:
(a) What role did his department play in resolving the recent dispute between Cricket South Africa and the Gauteng Cricket Board and (b) what were the key recommendations from his department to avoid similar occurrences in the future? NO1099E