ANNUAL REPORT 2014/15

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
VOTE 17
REPORT OF THE ACCOUNTING OFFICER
for the year ended 31 March 2015
attempt to minimise violent student protest and destruction of university property. This resulted in a far less volatile
be supported by the state. There is also a limitation in bursary funding to cover travel and accommodation
cover their travel and accommodation costs.
Deputy Director-General and the Chief Director: Teaching and Learning Development as acting positions and
function experiences budgetary constraints for the mandate it is expected to deliver on. Key posts especially
desktop research.
4. Utilisation of donor funds
Development Programme (RDP) Fund. The balance of the funds available to the Department in the RDP Fund,
The utilisation of R141 million over three years, from the European Union Primary Education Sector Policy
(achieved 21 universities involved from a baseline of 13 in 2008); and KPA 2 - 6 900 students enrolled
in foundation phase teacher education programmes (achieved 12 468 in 2011/12 from a baseline of 5
(93%) since the inception of the programme in 2009; scholarship support for seven Honours, 54 Masters
and 40 PhD students in Childhood Education; 200 bursaries for African mother tongue foundation phase
programmes; the establishment of the South African Journal for Early Childhood Education (an academic
internationally accredited); the establishment of South African Research Association for Early Childhood
Education (SARAECE) (a research association that became self funding in 2014/15); a number of regional
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