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Title: OVERVIEW OF CURRENT PROGRAMMES AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES


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OVERVIEW OF CURRENT PROGRAMMES AND STRATEGIC
PRIORITIES
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COMPLETED AND CURRENT PROGRAMMES
  • RECONSTRUCTION OF FLOOD-DAMAGED SCHOOLS
  • R11,2 million has been allocated by Government
    for the reconstruction of flood-damaged schools
    in the Northern Province, Mpumalanga and
    KwaZulu-Natal. All the funds have been committed
    and reconstruction work in all three provinces is
    nearly completed.
  • R 89 million assistance has been provided by
    donors for the reconstruction of flood-damaged
    schools.

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COMPLETED AND CURRENT PROGRAMMES
  • SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
  • The Department of Education was successful in its
    application for a special allocation from the
    Poverty Relief, Infrastructure Investment and
    Jobs Summits fund. The Thuba Makote project
    entails the building of multi-purpose education
    and community centres in areas of greatest need
    (nodal points preferably) in all nine provinces
    over a three year period to the value of R146
    million. Allocations per financial year are R48
    m for 2001/2002 R34 m for 2002/2003 and R64 m
    for 2003/2004.
  • The Japanese Grant Aid funding for school
    infrastructure development has been allocated to
    the Northern Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal
    and the Eastern Cape. The assistance amounts to
    infrastructure developments of approximately R50
    million in each of the four provinces, totaling
    R200 million. Implementation is underway. The
    Japanese Government contracts a Japanese firm
    for implementation, who then sub-contract a South
    African firm for the construction work.

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COMPLETED AND CURRENT PROGRAMMES
  • ELECTRIFICATION
  • The Department of Education also participates in
    the National Electrification Planning and
    Implementation Task Team and made inputs to the
    Draft National Schools and Clinics
    Electrification Strategy 2 000. The strategy
    requests a budget of R115 million per annum from
    the National Electrification Fund to ensure the
    electrification of 1 700 schools per annum. The
    strategy covers a 10 year electrification plan to
    eliminate the backlog of 17 000 schools without
    electricity. It costs approximately R64 000 to
    electrify a school. The strategy still has to be
    approved.
  • SANITATION
  • The Department of Education participates in the
    review of the sanitation policy to ensure that
    school sanitation needs are also addressed.
    Provincial consultations are underway.

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COMPLETED AND CURRENT PROGRAMMES
  • IMPROVING PLANNING CAPACITY
  • The EU indicated that they would contribute R1
    million for a research project supporting the
    planning of farm school infrastructure
    provisioning. The details need to be worked out.
  • The EU also indicated that they would be willing
    to contribute R1 m towards research to support a
    capital development plan. A possibility is to
    utilise this funding for the development of a
    capital development policy and norms and
    standards for school buildings.
  • The Department of Education approached USAID to
    fund a service provider to assist provinces in
    the development of business plans. USAID
    indicated recently that they could contract and
    fund such a service provider directly. The formal
    request for such assistance has been sent through
    to USAID. Response is awaited.
  • A survey is underway to reconstruct a database on
    capital developments and expenditure trends in
    capital developments since 1994. The project will
    be funded through the USAID SASA Grant.

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
  • Priorities identified for the present planning
    phase
  • Maintenance should receive priority.
  • Public schools on private property as well as
    viable small schools should receive due attention
    in priority lists. Water and sanitation are the
    two services most neglected in public schools.
  • Nodal areas identified for targeting by the
    2001/2002 to 2003/2004 Tirisano Implementation
    plan should receive priority attention.
  • Population demographics and population mobility
    should be considered in the prioritisation of
    school upgrading as well as new infrastructure
    developments.

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
  • In view of the Cholera epidemic schools in high
    risk cholera areas should be prioritised for
    water and sanitation provisioning. The high risk
    cholera areas have been identified by the
    Department of Water Affairs and Forestry and are
    available on the GIS database of the DoE. A
    detailed report has been developed for
    KwaZulu-Natal.
  • Security at schools in high crime areas should
    receive attention.
  • New approaches to the design and building of
    schools should be considered. Various
    organisations have developed innovative designs
    and building materials to ensure low maintenance
    needs, adaptation of school buildings to suit the
    requirements of outcomes-based education,
    adapting designs to provide shared community
    facilities, and ensuring that buildings are
    adapted to be accessible for LSEN).
  • OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
  • The costs of consultants in the building of
    school infrastructure is extraordinarily high
    and indications are that large savings can be
    achieved in this regard. One example is to have
    standard designs for modules which can then be
    adapted for each particular site.

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
  • A full package should be provided when building
    new schools, including classrooms, administrative
    areas, water, sanitation, furniture, equipment,
    drainage, landscaping, fencing as well as a basic
    supply of learning support materials.
  • The provision of basic sport facilities is an
    important priority. Need to investigate the
    possibility of sharing sport facilities.
  • School beautification has been identified as a
    Tirisano priority and should be budgeted for in
    the capital development plan.
  • Existing schools in a weak or very weak condition
    pose a risk to the safety of learners and should
    be prioritised for upgrading or reconstruction.
  • Where additional donor funding has been acquired,
    provinces should ensure that provincial capital
    funds as well as donor funds are spent within the
    anticipated time frames.
  • In some instances the installation of solar
    systems have not delivered the expected results
    due to vandalism and a lack of maintenance.
  • Vandalism remains a serious problem.

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MOBILISING ADDITIONAL FUNDING
  • The Infrastructure Grant of R1,5 billion has been
    allocated to provinces, whereafter each province
    has the responsibility to divide their portion
    between the different functions within the
    province, including Education. The final amount
    available to the Education function will
    therefore only be known once the allocations have
    been determined in each province. The
    understanding is that 40 of the allocation to
    each province would be allocated to Education,
    but deviations from the agreed upon percentages
    are possible through bilateral agreements between
    a province and the National Treasury. This is,
    however, not a final ruling and there is a view
    that the percentage should be more prescriptive.
    (Information provided by National Treasury on the
    Infrastructure Grant on 6 April 2001)
  • Considerable donor funding has served to bolster
    total capital expenditure. Part figures are
    reflected earlier in this report.
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