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EDUCATION

EDUCATION. 9 April 2003 Presentation to Select Committee on Finance by Ronette Engela. EDUCATION Tables 4.1, 4.2, 4.3. 11,9 million learners 364 000 teachers 27 000 schools R53,1 b combined est exp (2002/03); R58 b budget (2003/04)

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EDUCATION

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  1. EDUCATION 9 April 2003 Presentation to Select Committee on Finance by Ronette Engela

  2. EDUCATIONTables 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 • 11,9 million learners • 364 000 teachers • 27 000 schools • R53,1 b combined est exp(2002/03);R58 b budget (2003/04) • Largest single component of provincial budgets 36,7% - range 33% (WC) to 40% (Li,Mp) • 10,1% growth 1999/00 to 2002/03; 8,3% over MTEF • Reach estimated exp in 2005/06 of R67bn Tables 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

  3. EDUCATIONTables 4.4, 4.5 • Public ordinary schools R44,3b (83%) • Primary schools R24,5 billion 2002/03 • Secondary schools R19 billion 2002/03 • Average expenditure per learner R4 437 • Range R3 762 (KZN) to R5 805 (NC) • Introduction of Early Childhood Development should lower repeater rates

  4. EDUCATION: Personnel (1)Tables 4.6 • Labour intensive environment • R46 billion personnel exp in 2002/03 • 86% share of education budgets is personnel costs - range 82% (GT) to 89% (Li,NW) • Estimated share in 2005/06 to be 82% • Still real budget growth (1,5%), but share steadily declining • Pre-1998 unsustainable growth in personnel, now contained

  5. EDUCATION: Personnel (2)Tables 4.10, 4.11 • 59% of all civil servants in provinces are education personnel • 364 457 teachers & 62 458 admin • Average teachers salary package R78-97 000 – good entry level • Teacher formal qualifications levels high (84% have 3 or 4 years post matric training) • Need to focus on retaining teachers maths/science, rural areas • Education management (h/r/d & school based) focus for transformation

  6. EDUCATION: CapitalTable 4.7 • Capital expenditure: R1,8 billion (2002/03) will grow to R3,1 billion (2003/04) • Marked improvement in physical infrastructure between 1996 – 2000 surveys • Need to improve public service capacity to manage capital expenditure • Complexity of addressing backlogs whilst demographic shifts are occurring

  7. EDUCATION: Other (‘npnc’) expenditure Tables 4.8, 4.9, 4.12, Annexure A2.1b • Containing growth in personnel exp allows for exp on other resources • ‘npnc’ combined exp R6,4 billion;‘npnc’ to schools R3,1 billion - R259 per learner • Resource targeting list allows pro-poor spending • Calculated per province, problem with disparities • LSM (textbooks, stationary) exp of R189 per learner, better, but still low

  8. EDUCATION: outcomesTables 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19 • Matric pass rates improved substantially 68,9% 305 774 (2002) 89% NC - 51% EC • Yet, only 30% of 18 year old cohort passed exams (2001), high drop-out problems (data problems) • Matric endorsements 75 048 (16,9%) • Mathematics HG 20 528 (7,9%) • Science HG 24 888 (16,2%)

  9. EDUCATION • Great improvement on pre 1994 • Still need to focus on: • Capacity to spend capex • Financial management of prov education • Improvement in resources important, • Need to focus on intangibles of education management (NC example)

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