Bursary schemes 448. The Ministry of Education is administering two schemes for children from extremely poor families. In the year 2000, 20,000 bursaries were offered to children in basic education in 10 districts with a view to expanding the scheme to other districts. 449. The Zambia Education Capacity Building Project (ZECAB) under the Ministry of Education offers bursaries to disadvantaged children in districts not covered by BESSIP. The table below shows the number of bursaries disbursed in the year 2000. Table 20: ZECAB bursaries by province, household and school 2000 PROVINCE CHILDREN FROM PUPILS IN PUPILS IN NO. OF FEMALE-HEADED GOVT. COMMUNITY BURSARIES HOUSEHOLDS SCHOOLS SCHOOLS Western 2,121 1,703 2,121 - Southern 1,607 682 809 798 North-Western 1,912 1,083 1,912 - Northern 3,039 2,109 2293 746 Lusaka 2,283 1,636 686 1,597 Luapula 2,079 1,795 2,079 - Eastern 3,032 2,058 1,537 1,495 Copperbelt 2,694 2,243 2,359 335 476 390 476 - 14,272 4,971 Central Total 19,243 13,699 Source: Ministry of Education, 2000 170