1. Limpopo Department of Education Life Skills, HIV and AIDS Programme Presentation to the NCOP 1

2. Life Skills, HIV and AIDS Programme Grant Goal To provide access to an appropriate and effective integrated system of prevention, care and support for learners infected and affected by HIV and AIDS Grant Purpose To provide education and training for School Management Teams, learners, educators and other school support staff, to develop, implement and manage Life Skills education in line with National Strategic Plan on HIV and AIDS, Policies on HIV and AIDS, National Curriculum Statement, drug and substance abuse and gender equity policies 2

3. Key Performance Areas The following are the Key Performance Areas (KPAs) that the Province focused on as per the Business Plan: o Advocacy o Training and Development o Peer Education o Care and Support o Learner and Teacher Support Material o Monitoring and Evaluation, and o Management and Administration 3

4. Improvement Plans for Expenditure for 2010/11 Financial Year o Services which the Department of Education renders in partnership with other Departments will be dealt with early in the year to avoid unnecessary delays (as experienced with Home Based Care Givers) 4

5. Improvement on Expenditure 2009/10 o Spending in 2009/10 Financial Year improved compared to previous years: o In 2007/08 spending was at 78.0% o In 2008/09 spending was at 81.6% o In 2009/10 spending stands at 88.98%

6. Expenditure o In order for the Dept. to achieve the above KPAs, an initial amount of R25 882 000 was allocated for the financial year 2009/10. o All of this initial amount has been spent. o The roll over from 2008/09 was R3 907 000. This pushed the adjusted budget for 2009/10 to R29 789 000. 6

7. Expenditure Cont… o Only R624,000 of the R3 907 000 rollover was spent. This resulted in the expenditure for the year 2009/10 to R26 507 000 (see Annexure A) o This expenditure translates to 88.98%. o However, when commitments are taken into consideration, under-expenditure decreases to R2.8m (See BAS Printout) 7

8. Summary Of Expenditure in Tabular Form 8 AmountPercentage Initial BudgetR25 882 000 Adjusted Budget R29 789 000100% Actual Expenditure R26 507 00088.98% Unspent R3 283 00011.02%

9. Reasons For Under-Expenditure The following are reasons why there was under expenditure: o The delay in the appointment of Home-Based Care Givers and the fact that they were only appointed towards the end of the financial year (1 st of March 2010), had a negative impact on spending. o The appointment of the service provider for the training of ABET coordinators and practitioners did not take place due to delay in the Supply Chain processes. 9

10. Improvement Plans for Expenditure (2010/11 ) o All activities which involve Supply Chain Processes will be conducted early in the year o Additional Staff to coordinate Life Skills HIV and AIDS at district level will be appointed to assist the 3 Officials at Head Office who are currently managing and coordinating all activities. 10

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