Annual Performance Plan 2013/14 - Department of Education

Programme 8: Infrastructure Development
Purpose: To provide and maintain infrastructure facilities for the administration and schools
Programme analysis:
The primary objective of the Department’s infrastructure programme is to provide facilities in such a manner that the delivery process
is consistent with these goals and in accordance with the Infrastructure Delivery Management System (IDMS). The physical facilities
must enhance the quality of the teaching and the learning environment, and restore the pride and dignity of learners, educators and
communities. Based on the strategic goals as set out in the Department’s Strategic Plan, the Infrastructure Programme seeks to:
• Provide adequate basic services such as water, sanitation and electricity to schools by 2014/15;
• Systematically eliminate the backlog in classroom accommodation and progressively improving access to facilities
such as libraries and laboratories (i.e. progressive and systematic achievement of Minimum and Optimum
Functionality);
• Align the Eastern Cape Department of Education backlog intervention with the ASIDI intervention;
• Re-alignment schools and re-organise small schools that are no longer sustainable, or which are under-utilised;
• Intensify efforts to ensure that all schools have safe environments for all children;
• Improve User Asset Management Planning, together with more emphasis on life cycle planning (especially improved
maintenance planning), and provision of infrastructure that complements and promotes the relevant curriculum,
especially regarding outcomes based education;
• Ensure that training and skills development initiatives form part of building programmes to respond to the
requirements of the economy, rural development challenges and social integration, thereby also equipping the
unemployed and vulnerable with requisite skills to overcome poverty and unemployment;
• Promote the principles of sound asset and financial management, and effectively implementing these to ensure that
all legislative compliance and audit criteria are met, and best practices are utilised throughout; and
• Effectively and efficiently implement the Education Facilities Management System (EFMS).
Key Priorities:
The Department has developed a number of strategic objectives to give effect to its strategic goals. Some embody a direct
infrastructure commitment, and the budget for 2013/14 financial year will be contributing the realisation the strategic objectives /
priorities as listed below:
• To eradicate all inappropriate structures (including mud and plankieskole structures) by 2014/15.
• To align the 2020 vision of DBE with delivery of infrastructure.
• To ensure universal access to Grade R by 2014/15.
• To improve access to secondary schools to 95% by 2014/15.
• To increase the percentage of schools with libraries/media centres to 52% by 2014/15.
• To achieve universal access for disabled children and youths (aged 6 – 18 years) to basic education.
• To have in place optimum infrastructure at all schools as per national Norms and Standards by 2030.
Sub-programmes:
Sub-Programme
Sub-Programme purpose
8.1: Administration
To provide goods and services required for the office infrastructure development and
maintenance
8.2: Public Ordinary Schools
To provide goods and services required for the public ordinary schools (main stream
and full service schools) infrastructure development and maintenance
8.3: Special Schools
To provide goods and services required for the special schools infrastructure
development and maintenance
8.4: Early Childhood Development
To provide goods and services required for the early childhood development
infrastructure development and maintenance
8.5: Conditional Grants To provide for project funded by the Education Infrastructure Grant
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