Part of the follow-up visit to the Eastern Cape Province was to evaluate the progress that has been made by the Department of Basic Education on the implementation of the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Development Initiative (ASIDI) programme and School Infrastructure Programme. In respect of the former, the objective was to get the commitment of the service providers for the 2012/13 financial year to get Eastern Cape contractors on board. The said contractors have complained about being marginalised by the Department and its service providers.