members the anc and its government have incontrovertibly responded to our forebears call to swing wide open the doors of learning and lay a firm foundation for people’s education for people’s power by escalating education to the zenith of its priorities the anc has always taken the view that the education question must be responded to holistically in an integrated posture to expedite socioeconomic transformation we stand conscious of the fact that our people in general and the youth in particular require knowledge and skills for meaningful and gainful participation in the formal economy our view therefore is that education should not only be emancipative but outcomes based in the sense that it resonates with and responds to the demands of the new