1. SELECT COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 11 August 2010
Department Of Education
SELECT COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
11 August 2010

2. Content Name of Grant Objective of the Grant
First Quarter Non Financial Report
Monitoring and Evaluation
2010/11 Budget vs. Expenditure
Key Challenges
Plans To Address The Challenges
Recommendations 2

3. Nutrition Programme Grant (NSNP)
NAME OF GRANT
National School
Nutrition Programme Grant (NSNP)

4. Strategic Objective
To supply food to needy learners through National School Nutrition Programme

5. Progress report: April - June 2010 (A1)
Planned Annual Output
Operational and administrative costs. Planning session conducted
1st Quarter planned output
Operational costs and consumable stores and 1st planning session conducted.
1st Quarter Actual Output
Challenges/reasons for non-achievement/ outcomes
The computerized system used for the capturing and verification of claims crashed, resulting in delays on the validation of invoices for the months of April and May 2010 and payments thereof.
Plans to Address challenges
The programme has been re-installed and re-written, claims are processed faster.
1st Q projected budget R
1st Q actual spending R

6. Progress report: April - June 2010(A2)
Planned Annual Output
primary and secondary school learners to access programme for 195 days
1st Quarter planned output
learners in primary and secondary school learners to access the nutrition programme for 41 days
1st Quarter Actual Output
primary and secondary school learners participated in the programme for 41 days
Challenges/reasons for non-achievement/ outcomes
The computerized system used for the capturing and verification of claims crashed, resulting in delays on the validation of invoices for the months of April and May 2010 and payments thereof.
Plans to Address challenges
The programme has been re-installed and re-written, claims are processed faster.
1st Q projected budget R
1st Q actual spending R

7. Reach
The programme is currently accessed by Primary and Secondary School Learners in the following categories:
Primary Schools
No. of Schools
No. of Learners
Quintile 1
456
Quintile 2
401
Quintile 3
254
Quintile 4
141
77 143
Quintile 5 52
26 541
Total
1304

8. TOTAL: (Primary & Secondary) = 751 767
Reach…
Sec. Schools
No. of Schools
No. of Learners
Quintile 1
105
86 075
Quintile 2
130
76085
Total
235
TOTAL: (Primary & Secondary) =
Why feed Q4 & Q5 ?
Farm schools and schools serving informal settlements are ranked in the higher categories.
In terms of Cabinet Memo of 2002, the above category of schools should receive priority.

9. Food Handlers The total number of food handlers: 3 091
At a norm of 1/240 for primary and1/200 for secondary schools
Stipend: R600 per month administered by schools
Total budget: R22,255,200

10. Monitoring of the NSNP
Monitoring is done as a compliance requirements within the Division of Revenue Act and the Public Management Act. This is done within the broader monitoring process led by the Department of Basic Education
26 NSNP monitors the implementation of the programme by visiting the schools and submitting reports to the Provincial office for effective monitoring and providing adequate support to reach all the schools.
SGBs monitor the supply and the quality of food at school level
More Regional officials are needed to execute their duties effectively. Regional reports are consolidated monthly and sent to DBE.
Quarterly and Annual reports are compiled and sent to DBE and National Treasury by the Provincial Officials reporting on financial and non-financial indicators.

11. Monitoring of the NSNP
A Provincial evaluation team consisting of officials responsible for the 2 grants (NSNP and Life Skills ) conduct pre-evaluation of schools before the final evaluation by the national department is conducted at the end of each financial year.
Evaluation reports are compiled by the Provincial evaluation team at the end of each financial year.
Quarterly meetings are held with the NSNP suppliers to deal with any challenge within the programme.
Quarterly meetings are held with Regional Officials to assess progress and challenges during implementation.

12. Trends in Allocations vs. Expenditure
Financial Year
Budget
R’000
Expenditure
% Spent
2007/08
108, 056
110, 504
102%
2008/09
166, 290
121, 753
73%
2009/10
252, 483
231, 261
91%

13. 2010 MTEF Budget Trends Conditional Grant 2010/11 R’000 2011/12
2012/13
NSNP
354, 341
440, 923
474, 560

14. 2010/11 First Quarter Expenditure
Budget
R’000
June 2010
Expenditure
% Spent
Available
354, 341
48, 906
14%
305, 435

15. Summary of Key Challenges
Cash flow challenges resulting in under expenditure
Monitoring of the Grant
Wrong quintile of schools
Special Schools Learners do not benefit from grant and FET Colleges Students
Irregular Expenditure incurred for 2009/10 financial year

16. Plan To Address Challenges
The provincial treasury has requested the department to submit a revised cash flow for the 2010/11 financial year
The SGBs will be capacitated to monitor the implementation of the grant with possible devolvement of the grant to the schools in 2013/14 financial year when the current contracts lapses

17. Plan To Address Challenges
Department has reviewed the quintile of schools to ensure that there is consistency in schools in the same areas so that all qualifying learners benefits.
This matter to be tabled at the Council of Education Ministers (CEM) for possible policy change to benefit these learners
The Department will prioritise conditional grants payment if cash flow challenge persists

18. Recommendations It is recommended that the Committee
Notes the Progress Report for 1st Quarter of 2010/11 financial year
The steps to be taken to ensure that the conditional grant is spent as planned for the remainder of the year
Notes the policy changes that will be tabled by the province at CEM

19. The End
Thank you! 19