117859 GDE APP 201920 6th proof 26 July

B4.5 Performance and Budget Trends The Public Special School education budget increased by R780 million or 29.0% from an allocation of R2,6 billion in 2018/19 to R3,4 billion in 2019/20. The budget reflects a real average growth of 14.2% from 2015/16 to 2019/20. The budget maintains and supports 139 Public Special Schools and 30 Full-Service Schools. A portion of the budget is earmarked for infrastructure upgrading and maintenance of special schools. The Current Payments budget for 2019/20 amounts to R2,8 billion. This is a rand value increase of R649 million from 2018/19. The Compensation of Employee’s budget increased by R644 million. This increase represents a 29.7% escalation from 2018/19 to the 2019/20. The additional rise in funding is mainly due to additional funds being allocated to improvements in the conditions of service of employees. The average increase in the compensation of employee’s budget is 21.7% over the 2019 MTEF period. The budget for Transfers and Subsidies increased by R130 million from R493 million in 2018/19 to R624 million in 2019/20. The allocation under Transfers and Subsidies payments shows an average increase of 12.5% over the 2019 MTEF period. The increase in transfer payments is due to the concentration of resources under infrastructure and special school expansion. The Department has allocated R61,7 million for the expansion of Special Schools in 2019/20 which includes the resourcing of 30 Full Service Schools. R2,2 million has been allocated for Human Resources Development. The budget for Goods and Services increased from R26,1 million in 2018/19 to R31,7 million in 2019/20.

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