Question NW3818 to the Minister of Basic Education
27 November 2023 - NW3818
Ngcobo, Mr SL to ask the Minister of Basic Education
Whether her department will extend the contracts of teaching assistants through the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative which has been running since 1 January 2020; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each (a) province and (b) district?
Reply:
Allocation and spending (Source: Provincial reports Presidential Youth Employment Initiative (PYEI):
Phase I - 2020/21: The unspent funds of R1,42 billion were from funds allocated to Saving of Posts, and it was utilised by Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) to extend the job opportunities by one (1) month. All provinces extended the job opportunities for April. Phase I of 2020/21 also had Saving of Posts where more than 33 000 posts were saved in schools.
Phase IV – Gauteng extended the programme to the end of December using unspent funds as well as provincial funds.
Saving of Posts which had a budget of R2.43 billion from the R7 billion allocated in 2020/21 with spending of R1.153 billion, the unspent funds of R1.254 billion were used to extend the job opportunities with an additional one (1) month.