An amount of R1.5 billion has been allocated towards the Eastern Cape Province under the ASIDI programme for the 2012/13 financial year. It was reported that the Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the implementing agents that would construct 50 schools in the Eastern Cape Province during the 2012/13 financial year still needed to be finalized. These agents, i.e. the Independent Development Trust (IDT), Mvula Trust, Coega Development Corporation, and Eastern Cape Department of Public Works, were appointed in May 2012 and were required to submit implementation plans before the MoUs were finalized. It was reported that contractors for the construction of the schools would be appointed by October 2012.