(1) For the 2020/21 financial year, an amount of R198 734 325 was provided to eThekwini TVET College with regards to programme funding. This amount is the budget before the special budget adjustment announced by the National Treasury in June 2020. The new budget allocations will be issued to the TVET colleges as soon as it is approved.
(2) The initial 2020/21 budget allocation of R198 734 325 consisted of the following economic categories:
(a) Compensation of Employees (PERSAL) R 100 067 099
(b) Direct Transfers (subsidies) R 59 906 226
(c) NSFAS Tuition Fees R 38 761 000
(3) Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges did not receive COVID-19 relief funding during the initial budget allocation (before the COVID-19 pandemic) and colleges were requested to reprioritise its budget to accommodate COVID-19 related expenditure. Based on the new special budget adjustment announced by the National Treasury in June 2020, an earmarked COVID-19 budget allocation has been made available to TVET colleges and will be issued to TVET colleges as soon as it is approved.