1. BUDGET AND OPERATIONAL
PRESENTATION
TO THE
PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
STRATEGIC PLAN
AND
BUDGET AND OPERATIONAL
PLANS

2. Minister’s continuing vision
To impact more urgently and directly on:
poverty,
unemployment and
social cohesion,
by providing quality education for all.

3. Continuing approaches
Evidence based policy approaches
More effective implementation
Improved information about the system
Monitoring learner performance through learning outcomes
Using ICTs to enhance teaching and learning
Building partnerships: Business and NGOs

4. Minister’s Five Broad Priorities
Dealing with poverty with special attention given to:
the cost of education and the declaration of “no-fee” schools;
the National School Nutrition Programme; and
Rural Education
Human Resource Development with particular focus on:
Further Education and Training (Schools and Colleges)
Higher Education outputs
Adult Education and Mass Literacy; and
Co-ordination of Human Resource Development
Quality Improvement
Health Education
Institutional Development

5. Ministerial Goals for 2008/09
Improving learning outcomes, especially reading, writing and numeracy, as well as in Maths and Science,
Preparing for e-Learning in schools
Increasing the number of “No Fee Schools”
Finalising the recapitalisation of FET Colleges.
Implementation of Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign
Review of Adult Education programmes
Implementing the Education Laws Amendment Act (2007)
Building on Funza Lushaka teacher bursaries
Improving the School Nutrition Programme

6. Departmental Strategies
Emphasising continuity and stability
Strengthening monitoring and evaluation
Better data through EMIS and LURITS
Using research to understand and improve the system
Prioritising teacher development and performance, and
Strengthening the capacity of districts.

7. Department Structure Branches Administration Planning and Monitoring
General Education and Training
Further Education and Training
Social and School Enrichment Programmes
Higher Education

8. Systems Planning and Monitoring
Developing national norms and standards for school infrastructure.
Strengthening EMIS to enhance planning and monitoring
Analysing and reporting on education expenditure and investment to promote budgeting.
Ensuring effective and efficient labour relations, and improved conditions of service through the Occupation Specific Dispensation for teachers.
Reporting on Service Delivery Improvement Plans in the education sector.
Developing and maintaining funding norms and standards for all components of the education system.

9. General Education
Expanding access to quality Early Childhood Development (ECD) opportunities, particularly in poor communities.
Implementing QIDS UP initiatives through resource provision in schools
Ensuring effective implementation of the curriculum for improved learning.
Implementing Inclusive Education policy to increase accessibility of learners with disabilities and training of teachers to accelerate implementation.

10. General Education
Attracting and retaining appropriately qualified and competent teachers, with emphasis on scarce skills
Ensuring effective professional leadership at school and district levels of the system.
Strengthening outcomes monitoring and evaluation through the Evaluation Unit initiative.
Ensuring effective professional leadership in schools.
Credible and up-to-date data on school performance and learner achievement

11. Further Education and Training
Schools
Increase the number of FET learners, emphasising language, mathematics and science proficiency;
Ensure modern, relevant and high-level curricula in Grades 10 to 12, as well as in FET colleges;
Implement a national examination system for the National Senior Certificate.
Monitor and support the goals of the White Paper on e-Education

12. Further Education and Training
Schools
Support the implementation of the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) in Grades 10 to 12.
Publish Grades 10, 11 and 12 textbook catalogues.
Publish reports on the results of the National Senior Certificate examinations.
Respond to dropout and repeater rates in Grades 10 to 12.
Increase the number of Dinaledi schools

13. Further Education and Training
Colleges
Develop programmes and gazette requirements for the National Certificate (Vocational).
Build partnerships with FET stakeholders e.g. SETAs, business and universities.
Continue the recapitalisation of FET colleges, based on the FET programmes offered at each college.
Address norms and standards for FET colleges.

14. Further Education and Training
Colleges
Improve the throughput and placement rates of College students.
Support the use of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in teaching and learning at all FET College campuses.
Support colleges in providing credible assessments of learning.

15. Social and School Enrichment
Creating safe and caring schools by supporting schools that experience high crime and violence levels;
Increasing the participation and success rates of girl learners in gateway subjects;
Reviewing Adult Education and Training (AET);
Implementing the Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign.
Facilitating the implementation of School Sports
Providing support and strengthening curricula driven HIV and AIDS activities through peer education
Ensuring the successful implementation of the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP).

16. Higher Education Providing regulatory support to higher education
Providing academic, research and institutional support
The internationalisation of higher education, particularly in regard to the African continent.
Strengthening of planning to support the production of quality graduates relevant for socio-economic development.
Achieving institutional diversity in the higher education system, including the National Institutes of Higher Education in Mpumalanga and Northern Cape. 
Monitoring and evaluation of the sector.

17. VOTE 13: EDUCATION Consolidated Education Expenditure from 2008/09 to 2010/11
2007/08 Adjusted Budget
2008/09
% Inc/ (Dec)
2009/10
2010/11
R’000
Total Education
106,347,267
122,878,295
15,5
134,745,789
147,673,976
National
16,386,752
18,857,546
15,1
20,194,397
23,089,506
Provincial
89,960,515
104,020,749
15,6
114,551,392
124,584,470

18. Provincial Education Departments: 2008/09 to 2010/11
2007/08 Adjusted Budget
2008/09
% Inc/ (Dec)
2009/10
2010/11
R’000
Total
89,960,515
104,020,749
15,6
114,551,392
124,584,470
Eastern Cape
17,810,197
22,5
18,881,138
20,238,193
Free State
5,692,455
6,598,569
15,9
7,169,708
7,748,108
Gauteng
14,645,637
16,629,082
13,5
18,461,601
19,882,314
KwaZulu-Natal
18,836,900
21,389,127
23,914,043
26,420,070
Limpopo
11,926,675
14,221,050
19,2
15,925,244
17,341,802
Mpumalanga
8,118,307
9,074,877
11,8
9,896,002
10,849,335
Northern Cape
2,286,860
2,580,513
12,8
2,868,972
3,112,201
North West
6,096,036
6,697,421
9,9
7,420,723
8,128,151
Western Cape
7,822,732
9,019,913
15,3
10,013,961
10,864,296

19. VOTE 13: EDUCATION: SUMMARY
2007/08 Adjusted Budget
2008/09
% Inc/ (Dec)
2009/10
2010/11
R’000
Total Baseline
16,386,752
18,857,546
15,1
20,194,397
23,089,506
Higher Education Institutions
11,942,751
13,556,618
13,5
14,925,620
17,072,830
Transfers to NSFAS
1,332,697
1,566,465
17,5
1,973,068
2,093,259
Baseline Allocation
1,112,697
1,186,465
6,6
1,273,068
1,351,259
Teacher Bursaries
120,000
180,000
50,0
400,000
424,000
FET College Bursaries
100,000
200,000
100,0
300,000
318,000
Transfers to Public Entities
79,640
84,818
6,5
88,856
94,173
Conditional Grants to Provinces
2,016,773
2,546,008
26,3
1,994,599
2,536,085
Other Transfers
11,942
11,612
-2,8
12,095
12,776
Earmarked Funds
399,896
509,060
27,3
584,405
620,422
Public Examinations
57,554
52,371
-9,0
54,396
58,769
Departmental Operations
545,499
530,594
-2,7
561,358
601,192

20. VOTE 13: EDUCATION: SUMMARY
2007/08 Adjusted Budget
2008/09
% Inc/ (Dec)
2009/10
2010/11
R’000
P1: Administration
161,322
202,683
25,6
219,397
239,415
P2: System Planning and Monitoring
96,538
98,116
1,6
109,591
115,723
P3: General Education
298,674
348,166
16,6
330,606
358,892
P4: Further Education and Training
1,189,964
1,023,353
-14,0
203,134
211,134
P5: Social and School Enrichment
1,278,816
1,980,464
54,9
2,347,166
2,909,231
P6: Higher Education
13,326,930
15,178,189
13,9
16,956,147
19,225,054
P7: Auxiliary and Associated Services
34,508
26,575
-23,0
28,356
30,057
TOTAL
16,386,752
18,857,546
15,1
20,194,397
23,089,506

21. VOTE 13: EDUCATION: PRIORITIES
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
R’000
Baseline allocation in 2007 ENE
18,226,271
19,400,945
21,178,185
Increased subsidation of Public Entities
8,000
8,300
8,700
Support for the expansion of Grade R and ECD
11,000
12,000
17,000
Expansion of Inclusive Education
4,000
15,000
Higher Education
246,910
258,623
939,133
Compensation of Personnel: Resolution 1 of 2007
6,148
6,734
7,071
Accommodation charges 27 40 55
Compensation of Personnel: Inflation Adjustment
2,341
3,801
4,691
Non-personnel Inflation Adjustment
17,503
21,536
25,584
National School Nutrition Programme
344,616
493,255
918,182
Baseline efficiency saving
(9,270)
(18,837)
(24,095)
Total 2008 MTEF Allocations
18,857,546
20,194,397
23,089,506

22. Education System Priority Bids 2008/09 – 2010/11
Total Sector bid for 2008 MTEF amounted to R17,8 billion as follows:
- School Infrastructure: R2,705 billion
- NSNP: R1,759 billion
- Expansion of Inclusive Education : R1,540 billion
- Expansion of Grade R: R3,656 billion
- ECD (EPWP): R821,651 million
- Personnel (OSD): R7,020 billion
- Text Books For NCS Grade : R332,757 million
Preliminary allocations for these priority areas over the 2008 MTEF amount to R11,005 billion

23. Thank you