Expenditure and Budget Trends in Education Presentation to the portfolio Committee on Education on the National Norms and Standards for School Funding 3 September 2002 Cape Town

Education accounts for about 20,5 % of the total state budget College/school education accounts for about 85% of the total budget of the education system

Real Growth Increase in real growth from 1999 to 2001 Comment: This graph captures jointly the decline in education expenditure over total state expenditure (from 22.5% to 20.1%) and education expenditure over GDP (from 6.0% to 5.3%). Because state expenditure as a percentage of GDP is being maintained more or less constant, the two curves in the graph follow each other quite closely. Increase in real growth from 1999 to 2001 Decrease in real growth from 2001 to 2004

Diminishing Portion of National Resources Comment: This graph captures jointly the decline in education expenditure over total state expenditure (from 22.5% to 20.1%) and education expenditure over GDP (from 6.0% to 5.3%). Because state expenditure as a percentage of GDP is being maintained more or less constant, the two curves in the graph follow each other quite closely. Decline in proportion of resources flowing to education of more than 10 percentage points in six years

The public ordinary schools programme accounted for the highest proportion of funding (72,13%) to education and 83,6% of college/school education in 2001/02

Domination of Public Ordinary School Expenditure Comment: This graph captures jointly the decline in education expenditure over total state expenditure (from 22.5% to 20.1%) and education expenditure over GDP (from 6.0% to 5.3%). Because state expenditure as a percentage of GDP is being maintained more or less constant, the two curves in the graph follow each other quite closely.

KwaZulu-Natal accounts for the biggest share of education expenditure, while the Northern Cape accounts for the smallest share Limpopo Province has the greatest increase in nominal terms Limpopo,Eastern Cape, Free State, Mpumalanga and North West grew above average. Northern Cape, Western Cape and Gauteng grew below average

Provinces are moving towards the 85:15 personnel to non-personnel split as envisaged in the National Norms and Standards for School Funding

Provincial Disparities With Regard to the 85:15 Split Comment: This graph captures jointly the decline in education expenditure over total state expenditure (from 22.5% to 20.1%) and education expenditure over GDP (from 6.0% to 5.3%). Because state expenditure as a percentage of GDP is being maintained more or less constant, the two curves in the graph follow each other quite closely.

2001 non-personnel budgeting and expenditure trends (Public ordinary schools) 600 500 400 Million rands 300 200 100 FS KN NW NC LP WC WC Non-personnel Budget resource targeting Expenditure resource targeting

Section 21 Status Across all Quintiles Comment: This graph captures jointly the decline in education expenditure over total state expenditure (from 22.5% to 20.1%) and education expenditure over GDP (from 6.0% to 5.3%). Because state expenditure as a percentage of GDP is being maintained more or less constant, the two curves in the graph follow each other quite closely. Percentage of section 21 schools to total schools was 13%

Percentage of section 21 schools to total number of schools is 20% 7 % increase in section 21 schools from 2001 to 2002