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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONNORTH WEST

NCOP MEETING22 SEPTEMBER 2006Presented by Acting SG : Mr H M Mweli

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1. 1st QUARTER EXPENDITURE ON CONDITIONAL GRANTSGrant Budget

R’000ExpenditureR’000

% of Budget Spent

BalanceR’000

HIV/AIDS 11,071 377 3.4% 9,739

Infrastructure 34,373 13,271 39.9% 21,102

School Nutrition Programme

95,529 15,066 15.8% 86,762

FET Recapitalization

28,000 14,000 50% 14,000

TOTAL 168,973

43,164 25.5% 131,603

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1st QUARTER EXPENDITURE ON CONDITIONAL GRANTS CONT…GRANT Reasons for

Under /Over expenditure

Remedial Steps

HIV/AIDS •Delay in the approval of the business plan(April/May’06)•Delay in subsequent tendering procedures

•Tenders have been approved & delivery is in process

FET RECAP. Funds transferred to colleges in May’06.

Expenditure is in progress and 75% of funds transferred will be spent by end of Q2.

School Nutrition

•Low enrolment in farm schools which are budgeted for.•Fluctuations in learner statistics.•There’s still a challenge in rural areas where service providers have to travel long distances to town.

•Negotiations with local community to serve kids.

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SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION

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SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION

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STATISTICS ON GRANTSPROJECT NAME NO. OF PROJ. IN

PROGRESSSTATUS

HIV/AIDS•500 Peer educators targeted•2500 FET Educators targeted.

•165

•130

•Training completed for the 165 educators•Training completed for the 130 educators

School Nutrition 230 schools with food gardens

All schools have well functioning food gardens & they are using this initiative for enriching the curriculum & supplementing feeding

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FET RECAPITIZATION PROGRESS REPORT Q1

ACTIVITIES AMOUNTDevelopment of systems & procedures

10,529

Upgrading of classrooms 3,991

Refurbishment of sites 704

Equipment 2,912

Website Marketing 130,000

Human Resources 60,000

New Programmes 200,000

TOTAL 408,136

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2. 1st QUARTER EXPENDITURE ON CAPITAL EXPENDITURECategory Budget

R’000ExpenditureR’000

% of Budget Spent

BalanceR’000

Machinery & Equipment

80,839 1,624 2.0% 79,215

Infrastructure(Land & buildings)

124,100 66,627 53.7% 57,473

TOTAL 204,939

68,251 33% 136,688

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1st QUARTER EXPENDITURE ON CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CONT…ITEM Reasons for

Under /Over expenditure

Remedial Steps

Machinery & Equipment

•Delay in getting approval from ICASA(Vodacom & MTN) in terms of computerization of schools.•The Project(SAMS) was at planning stage where all the structures were set-up and data mobilised.

This matter has been sorted out & the rollout is well on course

•The rollout is well on course

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3. 1st QUARTER EXPENDITURE ON INFRASTRUCTURE

Category BudgetR’000

ExpenditureR’000

% of Budget Spent

BalanceR’000

Infrastructure Grant

34,373 13,271 39.9% 21,102

School building programme

65,627 52,906 80.6% 12,721

Sanitation 20,000 - - -

Maintenance 45,163 18,802 41.6% 26,361

TOTAL 165,163 84,979 51% 60,184

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SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTSITIRELENG PRIMARY

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SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTSCONT…

KUDUNKGWANEPRIMARY

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SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTSCONT…

TSHITE PRIMARY

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SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTSCONT…

SEOBI

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SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTSCONT…

NEW VISION

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1st QUARTER EXPENDITURE ON INFRASTRUCTURE CONT…

Reasons for Under/ Over expenditure

Remedial Steps

15 schools were repaired due to storms, expenditure of R20mil was unavoidable & unforeseen.

Request for disaster funds (R20mil)has been submitted to Provincial Treasury.

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STASTISTICS ON INFRASTURE PROJECTSFOR QUARTER 1

PROJECT NAME NO. OF PROJ. IN PROGRESS

STATUS

School buildings(Targeted schools=25)

•5 Schools •14 schools

•6 Schools

• First delivery stage•Various stages of completion•Beginning construction phase

Major & minor renovations(Targeted schools =36)

36 Schools •Contractors are on site and projects are at initial phase.

Water Supply(Targeted schools=50)

•36 Schools

•6 Schools

•8 schools still outstanding

•All of them received new boreholes.•Various stages of completion•The procurement process has been initiated.

Sanitation(Targeted schools=85)

All Schools Contractors are on site & work is in progress

Mobile classrooms 108 All mobile classrooms delivered and electricity connection is in progress.

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CONCLUSION

“BY NOT TRYING TO CONTROL THE UNCONTROLLABLE, WE GET WHAT WE THOUGHT WE’D GET IF WE WERE IN CONTROL”

By Martha Beck