Priority areas in the education function for the medium term are to improve the quality of educational outcomes, develop a skilled and capable workforce and the promotion of an inclusive citizenship. The education function remains the largest expenditure item in the budget framework, increasing from R234 billion in 2012/13 to R268.9 billion in 2014/15. Additional funds flowing from internal reprioritisation will be allocated to the Education Infrastructure Grant to provinces and the Community Library Grant to support the construction of new universities in Mpumalanga and Northern Cape. Government plans to achieve better performance in infrastructure delivery through new approaches such as requirements for provinces to bid for allocations two years in advance and build into the grants financial incentives for provinces implementing best practices in infrastructure delivery. Funding for the local government and housing function grows by an annual average of 9.0 per cent in the medium term from R121.7 billion in 2012/13 to R157.5 billion in 2015/16. Due to slow spending on the Municipal Infrastructure Grant, funds are to be reprioritised to a new interim water supply programme. The provision of water and sanitation services has expanded steadily over time with just over 10 million households serviced in 2011/12. Additional funding will be allocated to regional bulk water supply, acid mine drainage, De Hoop Dam pipelines, a pipeline from Flag Boshielo to Mokopane and waste water management at Magalies Water.