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Part B: Programme & Sub-Programme Plans

B5.5 Performance and Budget Trends The Early Childhood Development programme receives an allocation of R856 million for the 2019/20 financial year. The budget increased by R46,9 million or 5.8% from the 2018/19 allocation of R809 million. The programme budget is estimated to reach R957 million by 2021/22. The Compensation of Employee’s budget increased from R519 million in the 2018/19 financial year to R549 million in 2019/20 representing a 5.8% or a R30,1 million increases in budget allocation. The Goods and Services budget shows an increase of R45.4 million from R86,9 million in 2018/19 to R132 million in 2019/20. The budget for Transfers and Subsidies for 2019/20 financial year amounts to R174 million. This is a R28,2 million or 13.9% decrease in funding from 2018/19. The budget is projected to reach R194 million in 2021/22 financial year. The Payments for Capital assets decreased from R850 thousand in 2018/19 to R539 thousand in 2019/20 which represents a 36.6% decrease in funding. All new Grade R centres have been allocated a total of R68,7 million for the procurement of start-up kits and other resources. Pre-Grade R will receive an allocation of R25,8 million and R17,9 million has been earmarked for Human Resource Development. All investments in this programme, especially training and development, forms part of our efforts towards attaining the universalization of Grade R by 2019.

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