PROVINCIAL BUDGETS AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW

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PROVINCIAL BUDGETS AND EXPENDITURE REVIEW

• NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
• 19 OCTOBER 2005

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ACCESS TO EDUCATION

• Construction of schools within walking distance
  not attainable
• The province demographics
• Influx of communities to urban areas economic
  factors
• Departmental strategies to improve access
• Introduction of mobile classrooms
• A more comprehensive study of learner mobility
  with intension to introduction of scholar
  transport
• Comprehensive schools - (efficient transport
  system/hostel facilities)

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ACCESS TO EDUCATION

• The department, through FET colleges offers
  access to learners who wish to follow practical
  careers, hence it accommodates learners from the
  age of 16 into FET colleges. These FET colleges
  and their satellite campuses are spread
  throughout the province to reach as many
  prospective students as possible. Currently
  enrolment in these colleges is over 30 000, and
  there are 9359.45 Full Time Equivalents in these
  institutions.

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ACCESS TO EDUCATION

• Adult Basic Education and Training offers courses
  from ABET level 1-4 in the province, and
  currently with expansion of ABET, skills
  programmes are also offered to adults in these
  centers. There are 239 adult learning centres,
  which have enrolled over 23000 adults. The
  department is working hard to accommodate
  five-year old children in public ordinary primary
  schools for Grade R. While this has not yet been
  achieved, there are over 200 ECD community
  centres throughout the province, which
  accommodate Grade R learners and children under
  the age of 5.

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ENROLMENT STATISTICS
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3. EFFICIENCY

• Education output as it relates to efficiency is
  partly measured by the quality of matric results.
  This is by no means the only way to measure
  efficiency of the system, but the commonly used
  indicator.

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Fig 1. North West Matric Pass rates from 1995 to
2004
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• The provincial pass rates of the senior
  certificate examination dropped sharply in 1997
  before increasing steadily over the subsequent
  years. Except for 2004 results, the net increase
  since 1997 is 20.5. The introduction of
  international tests and systemic evaluation
  however, reflects that despite the increasing
  level of expenditure, the quality of results
  remains an area of concern. It s important to
  note however, that the numbers of learners
  writing senior certificate examination has
  increased over the years, and this could mean
  some degree of efficiency in the FET phase. The
  percentage of learners who obtain university
  exemption in the province is lower than the
  national and this area needs to be addressed.

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4. THE NORTH WEST LANDSCAPE

• The Education System
• The North West Education Department is located in
  one of the most rural provinces of South Africa.
  The department receives the largest portion of
  the provincial budget, and it has over 42000
  employees. In line with the National Education
  Ministry, the department offers basic education
  and training in three phases, viz., General
  Education and Training (grades 1-9), Adult Basic
  Education and Training (levels 1-4) and Further
  Education and Training (grades 10-12). Further
  Education and Training offers training from NQF
  level 2-4 national technical certificates levels
  1-3. Enrolments in the above-mentioned
  institutions are reflected in section 1 for
  public ordinary schools and in section 2 for
  ABET, and FET.

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4. THE NORTH WEST LANDSCAPE

• Public ordinary schools
• Public ordinary schools are divided into section
  20 and section 21 schools in terns of the funding
  norms policy, and the province has 1450 section
  21 schools, which is about two thirds of all
  public ordinary schools in the province. Basic
  infrastructure in public ordinary schools has
  improved over the years, the number of schools
  without water on site, sanitation facilities,
  electricity and telecommunication has been
  declining over the last few years. Most schools
  however, still lack specialised rooms e.g.
  libraries and science laboratories, and the
  department is moving at a fast pace to close the
  infrastructure backlogs, including maintenance.

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4. THE NORTH WEST LANDSCAPE

• ABET
• Adult literacy rate according to the North West
  Barometer 2003 was ranked no. 9, which means the
  lowest literacy rate in the country in 1996. In
  2002, functional literacy was at 65.7 and the
  province was ranked no.5 in the country, hence
  Adult Basic Education and Training had to be
  strengthened to improve on these figures.

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ENROLMENT IN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
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PROVINCIAL EXPENDITURE TRENDS AND INPUTS
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PERCENTAGE GROWTH
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PERSONNEL EXPENDITURE (PROVINCE)
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As percentage of total budget
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 GROWTH
   
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EXPENDITURE BY ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION
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EXPENDITURE BY ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION As
percentage of the Budget
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EXPENDITURE BY ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION Growth
There has been a steady growth in the provincial
equitable share of between 8,8 11,37. The
highest recorded is 10,70 in 2006/07, which is
higher provincial Growth of 9,28
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Allocation according to Economic Classification
has not been constant over the years and varied
according to new budget imperatives and
priorities e.g an increase in Transfers and
Subsidies as s21 is granted to more schools. The
decrease in 2005/06 is due to the incorporation
of Grade R into mainstream education and away
from Early Childhood Development transfers.
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EXPENDITURE BY PROGRAMME
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As percentage of the Budget
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