PROGRAMME: HIV AND AIDS LIFESKILLS PUBLIC HEARINGS ON CONDITIONAL GRANTS 20 APRIL 2010

2006/07 ‘ /08 ‘ /09 ‘ /10 AllocationR 25,113R 26,797R28,542R 30,168 TransfersR 25, 805 (R 692,000 Rollover) R 26,797R 28,542R 30,168 Actual ExpenditureR 25,981R 26,394R 29,451R 27,577 Under/over expenditure (R 176)R 413(R 959)R 2,591 Spending as a % of total 100.7%98.5%103.4%91% FINANCIAL TRENDS IN ALLOCATION/TRANSFERS/ACTUAL EXPENDITURE

Budget Allocation, Expenditure and Balance per activity Allocation for 2009/10 % Allocation Projections up to 31 Dec 2009 Actual Expenditure up to 31 Dec 2009 % Expenditure up to 31 Dec 2009 Total under Expenditure up to 31 Dec 2009 R30,168, % R 22,626, R 17,689, %R 4,936, ALLOCATION AND EXPENDITURE UP TO THE END OF THE 3 RD QUARTER

PROJECT/ FUNCTION HUMAN RESOURCEBRIEF Overall management and coordination of programme - 1 Provincial Lifeskills HIV & AIDS Coordinator -7 Provincial Officials - 23 District coordinators -Training of 1100 educators in Integration of HIV and AIDS into the curriculum - Training -Coordination of all Lifeskills HIV and AIDS projects, seminars, conferences and campaigns -Report writing - Monitoring and Evaluation of programme Integration of HIV & AIDS into the curriculum -20 Trainers-Capacity building of 1100 Foundation Phase Educators -Workshops for 5314 ECD practioners in HIV & AIDS Boardgames Peer Education programme in 800 schools Out of School Youth (Peer Group Trainers) -Training of learners in Peer Education - Coordinate Campaigns against Teenage Pregnancy and Drug and Substance Abuse in 800 schools and surrounding communities Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s programme in 300 schools Volunteers (Caregivers) - 1 Project Manager 19 Project Officers -Provide academic, material and psychosocial support to orphaned and vulnerable learners to promote access and retention of this category of learners to the education system Health Advisory Committees in 300 schools - 23 District coordinators - 1 Project Manager -19 Project Officers -Establishment and Capacity building of Health Advisory Committees to ensure : 1. Functional Lifeskills HIV and AIDS programmes in schools ASSESSMENT OF MONITORING CAPACITY

REASONS FOR UNDER-EXPENDITURE Fewer activities in the business plan are planned for the third quarter of the financial year, because emphasis on exam preparations during October/ November affects the availability of the targeted groups (learners and educators) for the Lifeskills HIV and AIDS programme The provincial Department does not determine the payment schedule for the tranches of the conditional grant, of which the third tranch is transferred on the 30 th October of each financial year.

MECHANISM TO DEAL WITH THE UNDER-EXPENDITURE To motivate for rollover from 2009/10 financial year to deal with the under- expenditure of R 2,591,000. The under-expenditure will be off-set by the accruals( R 2,519,855.91) of the financial year 2009/10.

COMPLIANCE WITH REPORTING Monthly In Year Monitoring meetings were held and monthly reports were submitted to FINCOMM The programme compiled with the submission of reports to the National Department of Education as the transferring Department All schools implementing the programme have also been monitored by districts Annual Evaluation for 2009/10 will conducted from the May 2010 and report to be forwarded to National Department of Education

CHALLENGES The Director for HIV& Lifeskills and Social Planning is currently on suspension due to irregularities that is also being investigated by the Special Investigation Unit. Charges have been formulated and a disciplinary hearing has been set for the 19 th April 2010