madam deputy speaker last week judge jody kollapen ruled that the department of basic education had violated the constitutional right of children in limpopo to a basic education by not having supplied textbooks to them almost halfway through the school year judge kollapen ordered that the books be delivered by fifteen june this year and that a catch up plan be put in place by five june to ensure that the affected learners are prepared for their year end assessments these orders the minister has accepted judge kollapen then ordered the department of basic education to provide the plan and monthly progress reports both to the court and to section twenty seven the law centre that brought the action against the department the minister has complained that and i_letter quote this may compromise the functioning of government and set a wrong precedent