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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) – 2023/24 Financial Year

department is conducting a pilot project in 10 public ordinary schools to introduce the technical

occupational stream. The pilot is enabling the province to determine a full-scale roll-out of the
technical occupational curriculum to further public ordinary schools in 2023.

4. Reprioritisation

The reprioritisation department has re-aligned the budget allocation in the medium term to accelerate
implementation of programmes in key focus areas of service delivery, and this exercise was implemented
within the relevant programmes, economic categories and items to align the budget with plans. Key

amongst the reprioritisation was to accelerate the eradication of pit-toilets, beautification of schools and
fencing of various schools in the province in 2023/24 financial year. A substantial portion of infrastructure

budget for 2023/24 budget is reprioritized to address sanitation backlogs.

Further reprioritisation of the baseline budget was undertaken to increase funding provision for LTSM,
School furniture, coding and robotics, vocational and technical equipment, agricultural schools,

maintenance of ECD centres and ICT in schools. The department will continue to implement cost
containment measures in the new financial year to redirect funding to focus areas of service delivery.

5. Procurement

The department will continue to implement government policies on procurement for the fiscal year to
maximise the current budget allocation. The procurement plan will be monitored throughout the financial
year to ensure that procurement of Goods and Services is in line with planned activities. The major

procurement to be undertaken continues to include LTSM top-up for Section 20 and 21 schools that
opt for central model, School Furniture, Hostel Catering, Teacher Laptop Initiative, Learner Attainment
Improvement Strategy (LAIS), and exam related marking centre acqusition. The improvement of the SCM

processes in respect of the MST grant and Learners with Profound Intellectual Disabilities grant will be
monitored continuously in order to ensure that the grants are spent in line with the conditions of the Division

of Revenue Act and Treasury Regulations.

The department will continue to review supply chain processes, improve capacity of practitioners and
strengthen internal controls with the aim of eliminating wastage. A procurement plan has been developed

and will be monitored throughout the financial year to ensure that procurement of goods and services are
in line with planned activities.

The department will also strive to ensure that all contracts are subject to market-related price analysis,
and the terms and conditions will be analysed to identify areas where the department can negotiate for

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