1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NORTH WEST
NCOP MEETING
22 SEPTEMBER 2006
Presented by Acting SG : Mr H M Mweli

2. 1. 1st QUARTER EXPENDITURE ON CONDITIONAL GRANTS
Budget
R’000
Expenditure
% of Budget Spent
Balance
HIV/AIDS
11,071
377
3.4%
9,739
Infrastructure
34,373
13,271
39.9%
21,102
School Nutrition Programme
95,529
15,066
15.8%
86,762
FET Recapitalization
28,000
14,000
50%
TOTAL
168,973
43,164
25.5%
131,603

3. 1st QUARTER EXPENDITURE ON CONDITIONAL GRANTS CONT…
Reasons for Under /Over expenditure
Remedial Steps
HIV/AIDS
Delay in the approval of the business plan(April/May’06)
Delay in subsequent tendering procedures
Tenders have been approved & delivery is in process
FET RECAP.
Funds transferred to colleges in May’06.
Expenditure is in progress and 75% of funds transferred will be spent by end of Q2.
School Nutrition
Low enrolment in farm schools which are budgeted for.
Fluctuations in learner statistics.
There’s still a challenge in rural areas where service providers have to travel long distances to town.
Negotiations with local community to serve kids.

4. SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION

5. SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION

6. STATISTICS ON GRANTS PROJECT NAME NO. OF PROJ. IN PROGRESS STATUS
HIV/AIDS
500 Peer educators targeted
2500 FET Educators targeted.
165
130
Training completed for the 165 educators
Training completed for the 130 educators
School Nutrition
230 schools with food gardens
All schools have well functioning food gardens & they are using this initiative for enriching the curriculum & supplementing feeding

7. FET RECAPITIZATION PROGRESS REPORT Q1
ACTIVITIES
AMOUNT
Development of systems & procedures
10,529
Upgrading of classrooms
3,991
Refurbishment of sites
704
Equipment
2,912
Website Marketing
130,000
Human Resources
60,000
New Programmes
200,000
TOTAL
408,136

8. 2. 1st QUARTER EXPENDITURE ON CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
Category
Budget
R’000
Expenditure
% of Budget Spent
Balance
Machinery & Equipment
80,839
1,624
2.0%
79,215
Infrastructure
(Land & buildings)
124,100
66,627
53.7%
57,473
TOTAL
204,939
68,251
33%
136,688

9. 1st QUARTER EXPENDITURE ON CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CONT…
ITEM
Reasons for Under /Over expenditure
Remedial Steps
Machinery & Equipment
Delay in getting approval from ICASA(Vodacom & MTN) in terms of computerization of schools.
The Project(SAMS) was at planning stage where all the structures were set-up and data mobilised.
This matter has been sorted out & the rollout is well on course
The rollout is well on course

10. 3. 1st QUARTER EXPENDITURE ON INFRASTRUCTURE
Category
Budget
R’000
Expenditure
% of Budget Spent
Balance
Infrastructure Grant
34,373
13,271
39.9%
21,102
School building programme
65,627
52,906
80.6%
12,721
Sanitation
20,000 -
Maintenance
45,163
18,802
41.6%
26,361
TOTAL
165,163
84,979
51%
60,184

11. SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS
ITIRELENG PRIMARY

12. SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS CONT…
KUDUNKGWANE
PRIMARY

13. SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS CONT…
TSHITE PRIMARY

14. SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS CONT…
SEOBI

15. SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS CONT…
NEW VISION

16. 1st QUARTER EXPENDITURE ON INFRASTRUCTURE CONT…
Reasons for Under/ Over expenditure
Remedial Steps
15 schools were repaired due to storms, expenditure of R20mil was unavoidable & unforeseen.
Request for disaster funds (R20mil)has been submitted to Provincial Treasury.

17. STASTISTICS ON INFRASTURE PROJECTS FOR QUARTER 1
PROJECT NAME
NO. OF PROJ. IN PROGRESS
STATUS
School buildings
(Targeted schools=25)
5 Schools
14 schools
6 Schools
First delivery stage
Various stages of completion
Beginning construction phase
Major & minor renovations
(Targeted schools =36)
36 Schools
Contractors are on site and projects are at initial phase.
Water Supply
(Targeted schools=50)
8 schools still outstanding
All of them received new boreholes.
The procurement process has been initiated.
Sanitation
(Targeted schools=85)
All Schools
Contractors are on site & work is in progress
Mobile classrooms
108
All mobile classrooms delivered and electricity connection is in progress.

18. CONCLUSION
“BY NOT TRYING TO CONTROL THE UNCONTROLLABLE, WE GET WHAT WE THOUGHT WE’D GET IF WE WERE IN CONTROL”
By Martha Beck