Over the next three years, government intends to improve literacy and numeracy by providing workbooks to children in poorly-resourced schools. The target of learners who will benefit from workbooks will increase from 3.5 million in 2010/11 financial year to 5.5 million in 2011/12 financial year. Improving access and quality of education will be prioritised and additional funds are allocated to building of schools and teacher training. Furthermore, a new conditional grant will be introduced to provide additional resources for the improvement of the education system. Government intends to increase the coverage of the national schools nutrition programme to reach more learners and to improve the quality of meals.