The National Treasury added that provincial departments of education that had contributed to the spending increase of R13 billion (15.9 per cent) are Eastern Cape (which has over-spent by 22.5 per cent); North West (which has over-spent by 19.3 percent); Limpopo (which has over-spent by 18.7 per cent) and Gauteng (which has over-spent by 18.1 per cent). On year-on-year growth, the National Treasury said that provincial departments have spent 15.9 per cent of the projected over-spending of R1.7 billion in 7 provinces. The National Treasury further reported that Eastern Cape spent R649 million on the compensation of employees. Current spending on education personnel amounts to R72.7 billion (which is 74.5 per cent of the education personnel adjusted budget of R97.6 billion). Furthermore, spending by provincial departments of education, from lowest to the highest, is 72.3 per cent for the Free State; 72.4 per cent for the North West); 74.9 per cent for Gauteng and 77.6 per cent for the Eastern Cape. With respect to total projected over-spending of R1.7 billion in 6 provinces Eastern Cape spent R559.4 million (which is the highest amount spent by a single province) due to the implementation of Human Resource Operational Project Team. KwaZulu-Natal spent R387.4 million (which is the lowest amount spent by a province).