117859 GDE APP 201920 6th proof 26 July

B2.5 Performance and Budget Trends The budget for Public Ordinary School education increased from R34,4 billion in 2018/19 to R37,3 billion in 2019/20. This represents an 8.2% growth, a rand value increase of R2,8 billion. This increment in budget is primarily due to the increase in compensation, goods and services and transfers to no-fee and fee-paying schools. The public ordinary school budget has gained significantly over the last four years from R26,4 billion in 2015/16 to R37,3 billion in 2019/20 which equates to a 41.4% increase in budget. The Compensation of the Employees budget increased from R27,9 billion in 2018/19 to R30,4 billion in 2019/20, showing an increase of 8.9% or R2,4 billion. This increase is inflationary to mitigate salary increments and for the improvement of the conditions of service for employees. The Goods and Services budget grew from R3,9 billion in 2018/19 to R4,6 billion in 2019/20, indicating an increase of 15.7% or R625 million. The goods and services budget shows an average increase of 9.1% over the 2019 MTEF. The 2019/20 budget for Transfers and Subsidies to institutions amounts to R2,2 billion indicating a decrease of 10.3% or R258 million from the previous financial year. The budget for Payments for Capital Assets for 2019/20 financial year amounts to R7,1 million. This is a 66.6% decrease from 2018/19 and equates to a rand value of R14,2 million. The payments for capital assets budget shows a significant decrease of 66.6% in 2019/20 which can be attributed to the infrastructure delivery programme. A significant portion of the Programme 2 budget is dedicated to interventions in the Foundation, Intersen and FET Phase to improve the quality of learning in the province. This includes R10 million for LITNUM in the Foundation Phase and R12 million in the Intersen Phase. An amount of R537 million has been allocated to ICT in schools and R45,3 million for MST Learner Achievement. A total of R31,8 million has been allocated for the Intersen Strategy which will be rolled out to ensure that GDE achieves its educational objectives quicker and more effectively. The strategy focuses on improved teacher competencies and pedagogical knowledge. Further improvements are on classroom practices, teacher professional practices and learner performance in Mathematics and English First Additional Language. To further improve the FET Phase in our secondary schools, with special emphasis on the Grade 12 results in Mathematics and Science, the Department will invest R167 million in the SSIP programme which incorporates the MST strategy.

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