Table 1 below provides a summary of the total subsidy broken down into the total block and earmarked grants for the university sector for the period 2013/14 to 2017/18.
Table 1: Block and Earmarked Grants for the University Sector
Year |
Block Grant (R’ million) |
Earmarked Grant (R’ million) |
Total (R’ million) |
|
18 439 |
7 643 |
26 082 |
|
19 561 |
8 509 |
28 070 |
|
20 538 |
9 800 |
30 338 |
|
21 678 |
15 181 |
36 859 |
|
25 323 |
|
39 126 |
The attached public report, i.e. “University State Budgets” dated March 2017, contains the breakdown of the block and earmarked grants per university from 2004/05 to 2017/18.
This report also contains the detailed components of the block grant, i.e. how the block grants are calculated in each of the sub-block grant categories for each university. This is a requirement of the public report, since the block grant is the largest funding component. It also contains the detailed components of the earmarked grant category, i.e. the various types of earmarked grants and the budget allocations per university.
This report is updated annually and distributed on an annual basis to the 26 public universities, and is available on the website of the Department of Higher Education and Training.
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