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SECTION27 and Equal Education (EE) say that although more funds have been allocated to education in the latest budget, funding for basic education in real terms will diminish.
The National Budget tabled by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni shows an increase in the budget for the Department of Basic Education (DBE) over the next three years. The department’s total expenditure is set to increase at an average annual rate of 7.2% from R23.4-billion in 2020/21 to R28.8-billion in 2023/24.
Despite this increase, analysis of estimates of national expenditure for basic education shows that funding will decrease per learner, in real terms, over the next three years because of inflation and increased enrolments in schools, SECTION27 said in a statement.
While education continues to be a priority, Finance minister Tito Mboweni has announced that government will in the next three years trim expenditure in the…
Despite celebratory claims that this year’s Budget will improve our society for future generations, the National Budget tabled by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on 24 February 2021 does not do justice to the needs of learners in the basic education system in this country, and may have serious repercussions for future generations. The Budget advances a trend of prioritising the reduction of public debt and keeping the wealthy happy, while failing to give adequate protection to socioeconomic rights like the right to basic education.
Some promises made in Mboweni’s Budget were hopeful, with some of the funds for education infrastructure that had been slashed last year recovered. However, SECTION27 is very concerned that the Budget allocates
Latest News Statement: R431 million allegedly wasted by Gauteng Education Department on COVID-19 “deep cleaning” could have built five new schools! We demand accountability! January 29, 2021
29 January 2021
Equal Education media statement: R431 million allegedly wasted by Gauteng Education Department on COVID-19 “deep cleaning” could have built five new schools! We demand accountability!
Equal Education (EE) is shocked and worried about reports by Maverick Citizen that the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) allegedly wasted R431 million on “deep cleaning” schools – even though this is not required by the COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of the Department of Basic Education (DBE).
The allegations are especially disturbing because the budgets of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and provincial education departments (PEDs) are extremely tight, as the National Treasury is giving less and less money to the secto