The challenges reported by the Department of Basic Education related to its own capacity to monitor and evaluate the performance of the grants at the provincial level. In order to address this, the Department of Basic Education has established a Conditional Grants Management Office within the Strategy, Research and Communication Branch at the national level. This unit would monitor and evaluate delivery of services more efficiently. It would also make recommendations to senior management on the utilisation of a 5 per cent allocated per grant for administration and for the appointment of dedicated personnel to monitor and track progress on each of the grants.