Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister of Education): Around 2,050 State schools are eligible for up to $400,000 worth of capital investment, based on their roll numbers, to upgrade their classrooms and buildings. This is the largest capital injection for school upgrades in 25 years, and it's part of the Government's $12 billion New Zealand Upgrade Programme, which includes investments in roads, rail, hospitals, and schools. It will modernise our infrastructure and futureproof the economy. Schools no longer have to keep deferring modernising their classrooms and their property because they have to deal with more pressing and urgent repairs instead. 