5.3.3 The National Department of Basic Education had developed a programme that sought to eradicate mud schools. The challenge was also the prefabricated structures constructed before 1994 that had subsequently collapsed. The Portfolio Committee in the Province had requested that the National Department intervened in this regard. 5.3.4 Schools Nutrition Programme: there were schools that had to benefit from the programme but were not receiving it currently. An amount of approximately R7 million was allocated to this programme in the Eastern Cape. However, it had been noted that the programme has been open to abuse.