NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 1488
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPERS: 14/06/2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 21/2013)
Mrs A T Lovemore (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(1) With regard to each province, what per-learner norms and standards
funding (a) was made available in the 2012-13 financial year and (b)
is available for the 2013-14 financial year to each category of
public school that is in place in each specified province;
(2) (a) who approves deviations from the gazetted national guideline for
norms and standards funding and (b) what action does her department
take to eliminate such deviations? NW1831E
REPLY
(1) (a) 2012Provincial per-learner norms and standards allocations
|Province |Quintile |Quintile |Quintile |Quintile 4 |Quintile 5 |
| |1 |2 |3 | | |
|EC |880 |810 |810 |437 |150 |
|FS |960 |880 |880 |480 |240 |
|GT |960 |960 |960 |480 |480 |
|KZN |874 |874 |874 |437 |165 |
|LIMP* |330 |298 |298 |106 |40 |
|MPU |967 |886 |886 |480 |165 |
|NC |960 |880 |880 |549 |270(average|
| | | | |(average) |) |
|NW |960 |880 |880 |605 |165 |
|WC |960 |880 |880 |480 |213 |
| | | | | |(average) |
*LP allocation excludes amount for LTSM; Information as
provided by Provincial Education Departments
(b) 2013 Provincial per-learner norms and standards allocations
|Province |Quintile |Quintile |Quintile |Quintile 4 |Quintile 5 |
| |1 |2 |3 | | |
|EC |926 |926 |926 |505 |174 |
|FS |1,010 |1,010 |1,010 |505 |240 |
|GT |1,010 |1,010 |1,010 |505 |505 |
|KZN |932 |932 |932 |480 |165 |
|LIMP* |404 |370 |370 |201 |87 |
|MPU |926 |926 |926 |505 |174 |
|NC |1,010 |950 |950 |599(average|280(average|
| | | | |) |) |
|NW |1,010 |926 |926 |605 |174 |
|WC |1,010 |1,010 |1,010 |505 |219(average|
| | | | | |) |
*LP allocation excludes amount for LTSM; Information as
provided by Provincial Education Departments
(2) (a) Provincial Education Departments, through their ongoing MTEF
budgeting processes determine what per learner norms and standards
allocations they are able to afford. Final approval of the funding
made available for provincial norms and standards allocations are
done by the provincial MEC for Education.
(b) The Department of Basic Education engages with Provincial
Education Departments, Provincial Treasuries and National Treasury
via scheduled budget meetings where the alignment of provincial
budgets to policy, education sector priorities as well as the
associated budgetary challenges and proposed solutions are discussed.