SELECT COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 11 August 2010

1. Department Of Education SELECT COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 11 August 2010

2. Content • Name of Grant • Objective of the Grant • First Quarter Non Financial Report • Monitoring and Evaluation • 2010/11 Budget vs. Expenditure • Key Challenges • Plans To Address The Challenges • Recommendations 2

3. NAME OF GRANT National School Nutrition Programme Grant (NSNP)

4. Strategic Objective To supply food to needy learners through National School Nutrition Programme

5. Progress report: April - June 2010 (A1)

6. Progress report: April - June 2010(A2)

7. Reach • The programme is currently accessed by Primary and Secondary School Learners in the following categories:

8. Reach… TOTAL: (Primary & Secondary) = 751 767 Why feed Q4 & Q5 ? Farm schools and schools serving informal settlements are ranked in the higher categories. In terms of Cabinet Memo of 2002, the above category of schools should receive priority.

9. Food Handlers • The total number of food handlers: 3 091 • At a norm of 1/240 for primary and1/200 for secondary schools • Stipend: R600 per month administered by schools • Total budget: R22,255,200

10. Monitoring of the NSNP • Monitoring is done as a compliance requirements within the Division of Revenue Act and the Public Management Act. This is done within the broader monitoring process led by the Department of Basic Education • 26 NSNP monitors the implementation of the programme by visiting the schools and submitting reports to the Provincial office for effective monitoring and providing adequate support to reach all the schools. • SGBs monitor the supply and the quality of food at school level • More Regional officials are needed to execute their duties effectively. Regional reports are consolidated monthly and sent to DBE. • Quarterly and Annual reports are compiled and sent to DBE and National Treasury by the Provincial Officials reporting on financial and non-financial indicators.

11. Monitoring of the NSNP • A Provincial evaluation team consisting of officials responsible for the 2 grants (NSNP and Life Skills ) conduct pre-evaluation of 10-20 schools before the final evaluation by the national department is conducted at the end of each financial year. • Evaluation reports are compiled by the Provincial evaluation team at the end of each financial year. • Quarterly meetings are held with the NSNP suppliers to deal with any challenge within the programme. • Quarterly meetings are held with Regional Officials to assess progress and challenges during implementation.

12. Trends in Allocations vs. Expenditure

13. 2010 MTEF Budget Trends

14. 2010/11 First Quarter Expenditure

15. Summary of Key Challenges • Cash flow challenges resulting in under expenditure • Monitoring of the Grant • Wrong quintile of schools • Special Schools Learners do not benefit from grant and FET Colleges Students • Irregular Expenditure incurred for 2009/10 financial year

16. Plan To Address Challenges • The provincial treasury has requested the department to submit a revised cash flow for the 2010/11 financial year • The SGBs will be capacitated to monitor the implementation of the grant with possible devolvement of the grant to the schools in 2013/14 financial year when the current contracts lapses

17. Plan To Address Challenges • Department has reviewed the quintile of schools to ensure that there is consistency in schools in the same areas so that all qualifying learners benefits. • This matter to be tabled at the Council of Education Ministers (CEM) for possible policy change to benefit these learners • The Department will prioritise conditional grants payment if cash flow challenge persists

18. Recommendations It is recommended that the Committee • Notes the Progress Report for 1st Quarter of 2010/11 financial year • The steps to be taken to ensure that the conditional grant is spent as planned for the remainder of the year • Notes the policy changes that will be tabled by the province at CEM

19. The End Thank you! 19