Education and health get most of KZN’s R130bn budget

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The two departments jointly received nearly 76% of the budget, allowing for prioritisation of skills development and primary healthcare

The KwaZulu-Natal departments of education and health have received the lion’s share of the provincial government’s R130.5bn budget for the 2019/2020 financial year.

The budget allocation for education over the medium-term expenditure framework annual‚ rolling, three-year expenditure planning‚ is R54bn‚ R57.7bn and R60.9bn earmarked for prioritising education and skills development. “In this regard‚ 172 primary schools have been identified. In secondary schools‚ the focus will be schools with learner enrollment less than 100‚ and a total of 76 schools were identified‚” said Pillay. Projects relating to new schools‚ curriculum support‚ classrooms‚ laboratories‚ multi-purpose classrooms‚ as well as electrification‚ sanitation and water will also continue in all 6‚175 schools.

He said the department also plans to improve ICT‚ with broadband connectivity established in 92.9% of hospitals and 50.2% of primary healthcare facilities by March 2020.

 

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