VOTE 13: EDUCATION STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS PRESENTATION ON THE 2009 MEDIUM TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT 30 OCTOBER 2009
Budgetary Additions Announced in the MTBPS for 2009/10 2009/10 Adjusted Estimates (Education) Funds rolled over for operational purposes = R8.585 million Funds rolled over for HIV/Aids conditional grant = R3.474 million Funds rolled over for CHE for new functions = R9 million Unforeseeable and unavoidable expenditure: New Ministry for Higher Education = R8 million Workbooks for literacy and numeracy for grades 1 to 6 learners in quintiles 1 to 3 schools = R524.14 million Increase in improvement of conditions of service = R8.487 million. Total Adjustment = R561.686 million Provinces Salaries – not education specific = R12 billion
Additional Requests not allocated in the MTBPS for 2009/10 2009/10 Adjusted Estimates (Education) Examination and assessment (R94.038 million) National School Nutrition Programme (R291,695 million) Occupation Specific Dispensation for Educators – not fully funded
Budgetary Additions Announced in the MTBPS for 2010 MTEF Activity Bid(B)/ Announced (A) 2010/11 R’000 2011/12 2012/13 Newly established Department of Higher Education B 153 313 141 840 149 914 A Activity mentioned (No amount) Access to Quality Education which includes Learner Teacher Support Material, Mathematics and Science at Dinaledi Schools and Learner Assessments in Grades 3, 6 and 9 in every school 291 500 347 500 333 500 Mentioned (No amount) Dinaledi schools Conditional Grant = R170 million Workbooks - FET College Sector Funds redirected to Department of Higher Education and Training = R10.634 billion Learner Nutrition, Physical Education and Health 557 455 1 236 077 1 429 341 R120m for NSNP Occupation Specific Dispensation R29.8 billion to accommodate OSD and general salary increases (Not Education Specific)
Departmental and Sector Budget Bids not indicated in the 2010 MTBPS Request for Additional Funding 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 R’000 Examination and Assessment 83 144 60 182 48 217 Continuous Professional Development 3 551 16 528 5 863 SACE (CPTD System) 10 628 11 540 13 269 Capacity of Institutions and People 205 600 487 300 837 200