The budget for substitute educators for Primary schools stood at R 5 077 602.00 while that of the Secondary schools stood at R 3 259 149.00. The province had 154 Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) centres where 14 educators had not received their salaries. Of the 14, eight had their documents forwarded to head office for payment and six had incomplete documents. In the 248 Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centres; 238 ECD practitioners had not received their salaries with an additional 78 practitioners who were awaiting approval.