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Vote 06 Department: Education Table 1: Summary of departmental allocation To be appropriated by Vote in 2025/26 R 44 636 479 000 Responsible MEC MEC of Education Administrating Department Department of Education Accounting Officer Head of Department 1 Overview 1.1 Vision All learners are provided with equal opportunities to become productive, skilled, and globally competitive citizens through an inclusive innovative quality basic education system. 1.2 Mission To Implement appropriate and relevant educational programmes through inclusive, innovative quality teaching and learning, and at the same time strengthen social cohesion through mobilisation of communities and stakeholders for support and participation, institutionalise a culture of accountability at all levels of the department and eliminate digital divide by providing equitable access to connectivity. 1.3 Core functions and responsibilities To provide quality education and training from Grade RR to Grade 12. Manage the supply and demand of teachers as well as the utilisation, resourcing, and provision of high-quality school infrastructure in the Eastern Cape. 1.4 Main Services %u25cf Resourcing and delivering high quality education by empowering all students to becomeresponsible members of the society by equipping them to them with skills, knowledge and valuesand information that seeks to advance the growth of the individual as well as the widercommunity at large.%u25cf Increase efforts to guarantee that Early Childhood Development (ECD) centers are registered,which will ensure that ECD is universalised, thus paying special attention to learners who areenrolled in Grade RR and Grade R.%u25cf Continuous improvement in pass rates for Languages and Mathematics in the GeneralEducation and Training (GET) Band %u2013 Grades 1 to 9 to achieve 90, per cent by 2030.%u25cf Ensure that learners can read and write by fully implementing the Reading Strategy andstrengthen training of teachers on reading methodologies.328