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Pretoria - The percentage of children in no-fee schools will be increased from the current 40% of learners to 60% over the medium term, according to the medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS).
The MTBPS said there was a gross enrolment ratio of 98% in SA in 2007 for children of school-going age, and the expansion of no-fee schools would ensure that this trend continued.
No-fee schools were introduced in 2007. Additional resources would be allocated through pronvicial budgets to expand this programme over the medium term. To implement the policy, schools would be ranked into five categories. The schools in the lowest 40% (quintiles 1 and 2) would be deemed poor and would allow learners to enrol without paying fees. In return, government would fund expenses that were previously covered by fees.
In the 2008 school year, provinces would spend just under R3.5bn to ensure that about 5 million learners in 14 264 schools benefit through this programme. The majority of these learners are in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo.
- Fin24.com