The Department reported that, as opposed to the initially planned 50 schools, 49 schools would be build as part of this project. The Committee was informed that the Ntsikayesizwe Primary School was removed from the list because it was one of the schools that the Provincial Department was planning to construct. It was reported that the original cost for the construction of the 50 schools was R400 million. However, the latest figures revealed that the construction of 28 schools would cost R711 million.