LIMPOPO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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• LIMPOPO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
• 2007/08 CONDITIONAL GRANT AND
• INFRASTRUCTURE EXPENDITURE
• AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2007
• PRESENTATION TO
• NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
• DR. PA MOTSOALEDI
• 14 NOVEMBER 2007
• 2ND QUARTER RESULTS

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INFRASTRUCTURE
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INFRASTRUCTURE
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HIV AIDS
CONDITIONAL GRANT EXPENDITURE

• Project Manager not yet appointed
• Training thru UniLim and UniVen ongoing
• Ethina packs delivered and was paid in October
  (R7,9 mil)

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NATIONAL SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMME
CONDITIONAL GRANT EXPENDITURE

• 34 Spent
• Backlogs are being addressed within Districts
• Utensils tender to be awarded and spent

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CONDITIONAL GRANT EXPENDITURE
NATIONAL SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMME

• Reasons for under expenditure
• Newly appointed DSM were recently allocated user
  ID to commence payment.
• Industrial action brought payment to a stand
  still throughout June 2007.
• Invoices for are still not submitted as
  principals were not available to authorize
  payments due to strikes.
• Cession agreements between suppliers and
  manufacturers
• Legal disputes on non-service delivery

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CONDITIONAL GRANT EXPENDITUREFET Colleges
No Strategic Area Allocation for 2007/08
1 Human Resource development R 2 ,581, 000
2 Development of administrative systems R 2 ,118, 000
3 Refurbishment of college facilities R 7, 806, 000
4 Upgrading of facilities R 1 ,307 ,000
5 Building of new college facilities R 44, 638 ,500
6 Purchasing of equipments R 6, 687, 000
7 Preparation for the delivery of new programmes R 2 ,305, 500
Total R 67, 443 ,000
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CONDITIONAL GRANT EXPENDITUREFET Colleges

• 07/08 Percentage Allocation by strategic Area
  
• New Buildings 66
• Refurbishment 12
• Equipments 10
• HR 4
• Material 3
• SP 3
• Sites 2

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CONDITIONAL GRANT EXPENDITURE
FET Colleges
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CONDITIONAL GRANT EXPENDITUREFET Colleges
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CONDITIONAL GRANT EXPENDITUREFET Colleges

1. The process of building the capacity of the
   college management and staff is ongoing. The main
   aim is to create an enabling environment for the
   colleges to be responsive to local industry and
   to develop and provide the required skills
2. New infrastructure is currently being developed
   according to plan (building of classrooms, admin
   blocks, laboratories, libraries, workshops etc)
3. Equipment and learner support materials are being
   purchased to support the delivery of the new
   programs
4. Generally the image of the colleges is being
   enhanced through the upgrading of the college
   sites
5. Systems are being put in place ( HR, Finance,
   EMIS, Quality Management Systems etc )
6. Governance structures are being put in place in
   line with the new FET Act No of 2006

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CONDITIONAL GRANT EXPENDITUREFET Colleges

• Efforts are being made to provide student support
  services to enhance students performance and
  achievements and to widen access. For the first
  time in the history of the College FET sector
  students have been awarded bursaries through
  Nation Student Financial Aid scheme (NSFAS)
• The Province has been allocated R 15 million for
  student bursaries
• There are on going stakeholder engagement
  processes. A provincial summit was held to
  solicit inputs from key industrial sectors on the
  skills needs and the role that the FET College
  sector can play in providing such skills.
• The Department is participating in the Premiers
  Round Table discussions with industry to solicit
  support and partnership for resource mobilization
  and placement of students for experiential
  learning.
• The department is also implementing standing
  MOUS with other countries for capacity building,
  sharing of best practices and resource
  mobilization for the FET colleges.

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CONDITIONAL GRANT EXPENDITUREFET Colleges

• With the continued support by all and involvement
  of industry and the business sector as well as
  continued funding for the FET Colleges sector, we
  believe that the FET Colleges will have
• The adequate capacity to deliver on the mandate
  to develop and provide the relevant skills much
  needed by industry to grow the economy and
  address challenges of unemployment and poverty.
• The sector is gradually being prepared to play a
  bigger role in the realization of the objectives
  of the PGDS, Municipal IDPs and LEDs, ASGI
  SA, JIPSA and NEPAD initiatives.
• The colleges are being prepared to be the
  preferred providers of skills not only for the
  province and country but also for the Region in
  support of regional integration and the NEPAD
  initiatives.

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EXPENDITURE SUMMARY
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CONDITIONAL GRANT EXPENDITUREFET Colleges

• Continued funding for the sector to further
  recapitalize the colleges
• Increased funding to cater for increased numbers
  of students and the need for more infrastructure
  and other resources to implement the newly
  developed NCV programmes
• Improved funding in line with the revised norms
  and standards for funding of FET Colleges

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MONITORING MECHANISMS

• Departments of Education and Public Works have
  agreed to improve coordination
• Bi weekly meetings are held to discuss progress
  and to implement corrective actions speedily
• SLA is available and both Departments have signed
  
• IDIP process implemented in both Provincial
  Departments of Education and Public Works
• Joint monitoring by Education and Public Works to
  identify service delivery gaps and effect
  corrective actions
• Proper mechanisms still lacking in HIV/Aids
• National School Nutrition Programme monitoring
  done at District level with appointed monitors