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Department: EducationGoods and services expenditure increased from R32.109 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R80.007 million in 2024/25. The allocation for 2025/26 declines by 6.3 per cent to R74.949 million from the revised estimate of R80.007 million due to provision made for the procurement of specialized material during the year and these trends fluctuates due to the nature of procurements. For the medium term period, the budget mainly provide for learner support material, resourcing therapy departments at Special Schools with assistive devices/technology for the Blind, Deaf, Physically Disabled as well as provision for security services at special schools. Transfers and Subsidies expenditure increased from R149.429 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R160.495 million in 2024/25. In 2025/26, the budget allocation declines by 3.2 per cent due to few personnel staff who are anticipated to leave the system. Thus the leave benefits is provided in line with the expected number of retirees. Capital assets increased from R467 thousand in 2022/23 to R13.450 million and continues by 7.1 per cent to R14.399 million in 2025/2026 due to provision made for the acquisition of specialised busses for learner support transportation. The department will make these acquisition for all identified deserving schools during the MTEF period.Service delivery measures Table 21: Selected service delivery measures for the programme: P4 - Public Special School EducationEstimatedperformance Medium-term estimatesProgramme performance measures 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28SOI. 401: Number of learners in Public Special schools 10 200 10 200 10 100 10 000SOI. 402: Number of Therapists/Specialist staff in Public Special Schools. 68 74 74 76SOI. 403: Number of learners with barriers to learning enrolled to public ordinary schools 5 000 5 000 6 500 7 500NSOI. 404: Number of Public Ordinary Schools supported by Special schools serving as resource centers 1 48 48 48NSOI. 405: Number of Learners provided with assistive devices %u2013 250 300 350NSOI.406:Number of special schools implementing occupational and vocational curriculum 3 4 5 6 Table 21 shows specific service delivery measures that are relevant to Public Special School education. The department has reviewed their outputs and targets in line with the sector specific measures. Most targets show continuous improvement over the medium term period.8.5 Programme 5: Early Childhood Development Objective: To provide Early Childhood Education (ECD) at the Grade R and pre-grade R in accordance with White Paper 5. (E-learning is also included). The programme has 5 subprogrammes: %uf0b7 Grade R in Public schools: To provide specific public ordinary schools with resources required for Grade R. %uf0b7 Grade R in Early Childhood Development centers: To support Grade R level at Early Childhood Development centres. %uf0b7 Pre-Grade R Training: To support Pre-Grade R at early childhood development centres. %uf0b7 Human Resource Development: To provide Departmental services for the development of practitioners and non-educators at public schools and ECD centres. %uf0b7 Conditional grants: To provide for projects under Programme 5 specified by the Department of Basic Education and funded by Conditional Grants. 352