With the education reform plan in May 1985, the authorities called for nine years of compulsory education and the establishment of the
Ekuphothuleni inguquko kwezemfundo ngoMeyi 1985, iziphathimandla zamemezela ukuthi kube nemfundo ephoqayo yeminyaka eyisishagalolunye kanye nokusungulwa kweKhomishini yeMfundo yoMbuso i-State Education Commission (eyakhiwa ngenyanga elandelayo).