During their policy conference in May 1992, the ANC made specific commitments to education in South Africa, inter-alia, provision of a minimum of 10years free and compulsory education, provision for those with special learning needs, improving educational quality, ensuring education for young people expelled or having dropped out of school as a consequence of apartheid, provision of adult education, leading to the establishment of a single non-racial, equal and democratic education system.
This Consultation provided UNESCO and other international organizations an opportunity to advocate provision of free basic education as a right, and the responsibility of the state towards education of its masses.
Mir Hazar Khan Bajarani, Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination, reaffirmed the support and responsibility of the Federal Government for provision of constitutional right of all children to free and compulsory education.