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CHAPTER 3: EDUCATION AND SPORTS SECTOR
BUDGET PERFORMANCE ‐ F/Y 2011/12
This section presents an overview of the sector performance during the period under review, as
well as a synopsis of the appropriated budget for FY 2011/12.
3.1 Financial Budget Performance for FY 2011/12 and Expected
Outputs
The total approved budget for the Education and Sports sector in FY 2011/12 was Ushs. 1,416.27bn
including direct donor project support of 174.27bn. In comparison to the budget for FY 2010/11 of
Ushs. 1,242.66bn/=; this presented a nominal budget increase of 173.61bn translating into 13.97%
increase.
The additional resources to the sector were as a result of an increase in the wage by 10% mainly
arising from the increase in salaries and wages for Upper Secondary Teaching and Non­teaching
staff recruited in the financial year to support the USE/UPOLET programme, wage for the new
staff at Post “O” Level Institutions (Primary Teachers’ Colleges ­ PTCs and Technical Institutes)
implementing the UPOLET programme.
The non­wage recurrent budget increased by 18% mainly on account of additional resources
provided for UPOLET capitation. On the other hand, the domestic development budget increased
by 18% mainly for the support of civil works funded under SFG, while direct donor project
budget resources increased by 25% on account of projects under Votes; 013 – MoES, 132 ­
Education Service Commission and 136 ­ Makerere University.
The total approved budget for the Education and Sports sector in FY 2011/12 was Ushs 1,416.27bn
out of the total national budget of Ushs. 9,630.00bn, translating into 14.71% share. The detailed
distribution of the budget by major expenditure categories is broken down as indicated in the table
below:­
Table 3.1: Showing Budget allocation for the Education sector
Category of Expenditure Budget Allocation (UShs. Bn.) %age Share
Wage 761.01 54%
Non Wage 326.21 23%
Domestic Development 154.78 11%
Donor Project support 174.27 12%
Total 1,416.27 100%
In the FY 2011/12 GoU recurrent budget allocation to the Education and Sports Sector was Ug.Shs.
1,087.220bn of the total discretionary recurrent budget of Ug.Shs. 3,576.4bn, translating into a share
of 30.4%. At the same time, the total education and sports sector budget (recurrent and
development) allocation was Ug. Shs. 1,415.812bn Donor Support inclusive broken down into subsectoral
shares as follows:­
Table 3.2: Showing Budget allocation by Sub sector
Sub­Sector Budget Allocation FY 2011/12 %age share
Primary Education 703.024 56.6%
Secondary Education 424.202 22.6%
BTVET 98.057 6.5%
Tertiary 141.820 10.5%
Others 48.709 3.9%
Total 1,415.812 100.0%
ESSAPR FY 2011/12 to inform the 19 th ESSR – OCTOBER 2012