1. VOTE 13: EDUCATION STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
PRESENTATION ON THE 2009 MEDIUM TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT
30 OCTOBER 2009

2. 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 = R million
Increase in improvement of conditions of service = R8.487 million.
Total Adjustment = R million
Provinces
Salaries – not education specific = R12 billion

3. Additional Requests not allocated in the MTBPS for 2009/10
2009/10 Adjusted Estimates (Education)
Examination and assessment (R million)
National School Nutrition Programme (R291,695 million)
Occupation Specific Dispensation for Educators – not fully funded

4. 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 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
Mentioned (No amount)
Dinaledi schools Conditional Grant = R170 million
Workbooks -
FET College Sector
Funds redirected to Department of Higher Education and Training = R billion
Learner Nutrition, Physical Education and Health
R120m for NSNP
Occupation Specific Dispensation
R29.8 billion to accommodate OSD and general salary increases (Not Education Specific)

5. 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