The Department of Education's capital works programme commenced late in 1995 with an allocation of R355 million (RDP funded) in the 1995/1996 departmental budget. This was subsequently extended with the capital works allocation of R365 million (RDP funded) from the 1996/97 budget. The 1997/98 budget provided R108 million for capital works, but this was cut back to R53,9 million when the financial position of the Department became evident. In 1998/99 and 1999/2000 budgets, no funding has been set aside for any capital programmes.