There are a number of schools that are still without electricity connection in the province. It was indicated that over a thousand schools that still needed electrification and thus additional funding was still required. In the 2008 / 09 financial year, 174 schools were electrified while 155 schools were electrified in the 2009/10 financial year. There seems to be a challenge in quantifying a number of schools that are still without electricity. This negatively impacts on the credibility of data that is used for policy decision making. During the hearings, it transpired that while Eskom (implementing agency) have a complete database of schools that had been electrified, the Provincial Department of Education failed to provide information on a number of schools without electricity.