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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) %u2013 2025/26 Financial YearIndependent Schools and R8 million for the Three Stream Model that provides for three distinct schooling pathways: Academic, Vocational and Occupational. As part of the funding for servicing sites connected with Broadband, the department has a reduction in its budget baseline of R156.264 million in 2025/26 and R429.187 million over the 2025 MTEF. Funding provided from the provincial reserves for provincial priorities is the allocation of R2.197 million in 2025/26 and R40.531 million in 2027/28 for the Hostel catering for Public Schools. In terms of the conditional grants from national, R4.252 billion in 2025/26 and R13.067 billion over the 2025 MTEF is provided. The bulk of the funding in 2025/26 is for the Education Infrastructure grant at R1.926 billion and the National School Nutrition Programme grant at R1.828 billion. Department of Health The department%u2019s budget allocation is aligned to Priority 2 %u201cEducation, Skills and Health%u201d of the PDP, and the 2025 MTEF allocation is mainly for the improvement of health outcomes including the increased implementation of the National Health Insurance, prevention and reduction of the disease burden as well as promotion of health. The department is projecting to spend R97.078 billion over the 2025 MTEF. In 2025/26, the budget increases by 4.4 per cent to R31.562 billion from the revised 2024/25 estimate of R30.306 billion. Over the 2025 MTEF, there are additional allocations of R1.049 billion from Equitable Share that have been made available to the department. As part of equitable share, funding was provided by national for the wage agreement amounting to R175.580 million in 2025/26 and R551.070 million over the 2025 MTEF as well as carry through costs of Non-Compensation of Employees funded in 2018 MTEF of R435.610 million in 2027/28. Furthermore, there are allocations of R593 thousand in 2025/26 for the funding for payables and accruals for the medicines, medical supplies, medical gas, surgical implants, property payments, food for patients and medical and chemical waste; and R26 million in 2025/26 and R61.991 million over the 2025 MTEF for the strengthening of medical records for the reduction of medico legal contingencies (tools to better manage patient records at facilities). As part of the funding for servicing sites connected with Broadband, the department has a reduction in its budget baseline of R95.702 million in 2025/26 and R262.759 million over the 2025 MTEF. Funding provided from the provincial reserves for provincial priorities is the allocation of R301.438 million in 2025/26 for the funding for payables and accruals for the medicines, medical supplies, medical gas, surgical implants, property payments, food for patients and medical and chemical waste. Furthermore, R19.473 million in 2027/28 is allocated for the strengthening of medical records for the reduction of medico legal contingencies (tools to better manage patient records at facilities). In terms of the conditional grants from national, R5.910 billion in 2025/26 and R17.431 billion over the 2025 MTEF is provided. The bulk of the funding in 2025/26 is for the District Health Programmes Grant at R3.110 billion and National Tertiary Services grant at R1.351 billion. 67