Education gets R165 billion - budget speech
Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 17 Feb, 2010From the Budget speech
<snip>Education spending remains our largest item of spending, giving meaning to our commitment that it is our number one priority. The total budget for education next year is R165 billion.
To roll out workbooks in all 11 official languages to help raise our literacy and numeracy levels and to test all learners in grades 3, 6 and 9, a further R2.7 billion is allocated to the Department of Basic Education.
Expanding and improving capacity at our FET colleges is a vital part of our growth strategy. We have set ourselves ambitious targets to expand the number of young people studying vocational subjects. The budget for FET colleges of R12 billion over three years, has been shifted from provinces to the national department. A further R1.3 billion is allocated to improve the salaries of FET college educators.