The Committee heard that the country had a total of 496 inappropriate structures. Of this amount a total of 428 were reported to be in the Eastern Cape Province alone. Accordingly, the allocation towards the Eastern Cape Province was significantly higher than other provinces. The Eastern Cape Province was allocated an amount of R1.5 billion out of the R2.3 billion. The rest of the money is split among the remaining eight provinces. The Department of Basic Education planned to eradicate 100 inappropriate structures in the 2012/13 financial year.