The revision of the treatment programme will see an upscale in the provision of ART to pregnant women at CD4 count of 350 or less, to enhance maternal survival. ART is also being provided to people co-infected with TB and HIV at a CD4 count of 350 or less. Strategies to enhance the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) programme have also been developed to ensure that by 2014/15; more than 95% of babies born to HIV positive mothers are HIV negative. HIV positive pregnant women are also now receiving free dual therapy from 14 weeks of pregnancy (previously 28 weeks) until post delivery. The proportion of HIV positive babies in 2009/10 is 9.4%, revealing a decline from the estimated 15.2% in 2008/09.10 7.3 Improved effectiveness and efficiency of the education system A substantive number of mechanisms to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of education have been implemented. These include support and development mechanisms for the teaching profession that are aimed at producing more educators. The Continued Professional Teacher Development (PCTD) Management System has been introduced as an intervention to further increase functional literacy rates at selected 144 schools across the country. Further, prospective teachers are provided with bursaries by government. Teacher Resource Centres have been established in every Department of Education (DoE) region. Government is currently implementing the National Policy Framework for Teacher Education and Development in order to increase the number of qualified teachers, through initiatives such as the Funza Lushaka Bursary Scheme11 and the Teacher Recruitment Campaign, targeting 12 000 new teachers by 2014. As of August 2010, the Scheme had disbursed R400 million to support 9 200 student teachers with full cost bursaries. A National Certificate at Further Education and Training Colleges (FET) was introduced with enrolments for 2010 at 126 127 students in order to increase the number of college graduates with entrepreneurial and vocational skills. Since its inception in 2008, the initiative has produced 133 171 graduates with entrepreneurial skills. Government has also introduced the National Education Evaluation Development Unit (NEEDU) in order to strengthen accountability systems in basic education. NEEDU policies, procedures and instruments were finalised in March 2010 and school principals have since signed performance contracts. In the period under review, two major developments to improve the skills base in the country are the following: • Extension of the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) II by one year, from March 2010 to March 10 South African Millennium Development Goals Country Report, 2010 11 Funza Lushaka Bursary Scheme is a multi-year programme that promotes teaching in public schools 45