I, Angelina Matsie Motshekga, Minister of Basic Education, hereby, in terms of section 3(4)(l) of the National Education Policy Act, 1996 (Act No. 27 of 1996), and after consultation with the Council of Education Ministers, approve the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements for South African Sign Language at Home Language level as national education policy to be listed in the National Curriculum Statement Grades R-12