Deputy Speaker, I want to thank the hon Mr Gaehler for the question. In terms of the number of schools on our books that are mud structures, we have 344. Of those 344 schools, 343 are in the Eastern Cape and one is in KwaZulu-Natal.
The next question is not about how many schools were built, but how many were opened. Let us rephrase it in that way because some schools are still in the pipeline. Last year, 58 schools were opened and of those 28 were in Gauteng, 12 in Kwazulu-Natal, 4 in North West and 14 in the Western Cape. That makes it 58 schools that were opened in the 2011-12 financial year.
In terms of whether we have a plan to eradicate or get rid of the mud structures, the answer is that we indeed have a plan. It is implemented by the Department of Basic Education with our provincial departments of education through a programme we call the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative, Asidi.
We have been allocated R3,2 billion in the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, and this funding, I must emphasise, is not only for mud structures. It is funding that we have to use to eradicate inappropriate and unsafe structures. These are mud structures, schools built with materials such as wood, zinc or asbestos, and any other unsafe structures.
We have to combine that money with provincial funds. The funding is also meant to electrify about 1 434 schools, provide water to 1 307 schools and provide sanitation to more than 536 schools, as well as water and fencing. So that is what the funding is for.