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Provincial Budgets

KwaZulu-Natal educ gets the largest budget

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:36

By Siboniso Ntuli

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has been allocated R2.8 billion, which is the largest share of the provincial budget, to further advance its mission of providing equitable access to education.

Presenting his provincial Budget Speech at the legislature, Finance and Economic Development MEC Zweli Mkhize said: УThis increase is larger than any other department in the provinceЕФ

The 2008/09 budgetary allocation for the department shows a 15.1 percent increase from the previous year.

MEC Mkhize said this education budget would be improving the standard of education in the province.

Some of the educational programmes to be prioritised are:

╖ learner transport for normal and special schools (this is the first for the province);
╖ early childhood development and expanding Grade R in public schools;
╖ Occupation Specific Dispensation educator development programme;
╖ Expanding inclusive education to accommodate learners with special needs;
╖ providing full sets of textbooks for Grade 10 to 12 and
╖ Further Education and Training Colleges, both for recapitalisation and to expand the curriculum to effectively deal with scarce skills.

MEC Mkhize said the investment in education infrastructure in the province such as building new schools and classrooms has been gradually increasing since the 2004/05 financial year and by 2010/11 he predicts it would be nearly R2 billion.

УImproving education outcomes is the key to breaking the inter-generational cycle of poverty, people who succeed in breaking out of poverty do so through education.

УIf our quest for freedom from poverty, ignorance and disease is to be achieved, education needs to be universal, accessible, affordable and mostly free,Ф said Mr Mkhize.

The Department of Finance and Economic Development said quality education depends on the linkages between education and variety of other social and economic outcomes such as health, social stability, productivity, and economic growth.

УQuality education also depends on the availability of physical infrastructure, basic services such as water, sanitation and electricity, housing among others. All of these need to be strengthened to support the schooling system,Ф said MEC Mkhize.

- BuaNews