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Overview of the the New Funding Framework. Presented by Prof Emile Horak Thanks and recognition to Prof Pieter Vermeulen who supplied the information. Latest Initiative of the Government. New acrynom: Asgisa Yahoo Search results in :
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Overview of the the New Funding Framework Presented by Prof Emile Horak Thanks and recognition to Prof Pieter Vermeulen who supplied the information
Latest Initiative of the Government • New acrynom: Asgisa • Yahoo Search results in : • Check your spelling, Try more generic words, Try different words that mean the same Accelerated and shared growth initiative for SA (Asgisa)
Mlambo-Ngcuka to focus on skills shortageBusiness Report 11 May 2006 • MLambo- Ngcuka is the political head of the government ‘s accelerated and shared growth initiative for SA (Asgisa) • To address the critical shortage of skills and spread wealth more evenly • Skills , infrastructure and logistics are the key priorities of Asgisa • The government is planning to spend R 370 billion on infrastructure development , but the shortage of key skills to run these projects is threatening their roll-out. • Will speed up the issuing of work permits to foreigners
Mlambo-Ngcuka to focus on skills shortageBusiness Report 11 May 2006 • Government has also launched the joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition (Jipsa) to attract much needed skills back to the country to help achieve 6 percent economic growth. • Mlambo-Ngcuka is worried that companies could not accommodate new graduates who were looking for opportunities • “ We are going to put some of these graduates in sanitation programmes- to to give them an opportunity”
GDP, Total State Finance and State Finance on Education for 2003/2004 (estimate) 1 GDP R1 234 600 million • Total State Budget R 333 965 million • = 27,5% of GDP • Total Education Budget R 68 781 million • = 20,6% of State Budget • = 5,57% of GDP 3.1 Dept of Education R 312 million = 0,45% of Educ Budget 3.2 Higher Education Sector R 8 381 million = 12,2% of Educ Budget 3.3 College/School Sector R 58 898 million = 85,6% of Educ Budget 3.4 Other Educational functions R 645 million = 0,94% of Educ Budget 3.5 NSFAS (Higher Education) R545 million = 0,79% of Educ Budget National Student Financial Aid Scheme
The MTEF Process • Medium Term Expenditure Framework – 3 year rolling estimates • Department of Education (DoE) interacts with Higher Education (HE) Institutions (3 year rolling plans) and educational environment • DoE interacts with national Treasury • Treasury make allocation to HE, taking into account national policy and fiscal conditions • DoE divides allocation amongst HE institutions
Distribution of Budget Totals for 2004/05, 2005/06 and 2006/07 This total allocation was about R9 385 million in 2003/4
NSFAS 6% [R638m] Earmarked 13,3% [R1 410m] National budget for higher education institutions 100% [R10 554m] Institutional restructuring 5,2% [R550m] Foundation Year Interest & Redemption 2% [R231m] Block grants 86,6% [R9 144m] Teaching Input grants 55,6% [R5 866m] Teaching output grants 13,9% [R1 466m] Research output grants 11,4% [R1200m] Institutional factor grants 5,8% [R611m] generated by generated by generated by generated by Approved FTE student places Non-research graduates & diplomates Research masters & doctorates & publications (a) Enrolment size (b) Disadvantaged students Example of Division of Government Budget between Grant Categories (2005/06)
Ministerial prerogative • The division of funds between the grant categories is determined by the Minister of Education • The division may vary between years, subject to the MTEF three year projections
Previously this was only two groups/levels Teaching Input Grants Based on approved FTE student places as determined in the Programme and Qualification Mix (PQM) process: • Four funding groups • Four study levels • Weighted according to funding group and study level
Weightings according to Funding Group and Study Level (i) Contact Students (Distance Students)
Determining Teaching Input ‘price’ • Passing institution’s adjusted FTE enrolled student total through funding grid weighted teaching input • Equivalent figure for sector • Available funds for teaching input • Institution’s portions • Proportionate allocation; not ‘price’ in the economic sense. Estimated TI Unit “price” ±R6 600
Example of Teaching Input GridUniversity of Pretoria (Contact)
Teaching Output Grant (a) Non-research output measured by non-research graduates and diplomates and weighted And (b) Measured against output norms (benchmarks)
Teaching Output Grant (continued) (b) Graduation benchmarks for contact and distance programmes (Graduates as % of head count enrolments)
Teaching output allocation • Calculate institution’s actual weighted total graduates/diplomates • Actual weighted total teaching output for system • Normative total teaching output for the institution (using benchmarks) • Normative total teaching output for system • Available funds for teaching outputs • Institutional allocation, Estimated TO Unit “price” ±R11 700
(a) Weightings for research outputs Publication units 1 Research masters graduates 1 Doctoral graduates 3 (b) Ratios of weighted research output units to permanently appointed instruction/research staff Universities 1.25 Technikons 0.5 Research Outputs (a) Research outputs measured by publications in accredited journals, research masters and doctoral graduates (weighted) And (b) Measured against a research output norm benchmark
Research Output Allocation • Determine institution’s actual total weighted research output • Calculate the institution’s normative total weighted research output (applying the benchmarks) • Normative weighted total research output for system • Available funds for research output • Proportional Institution’s research output allocation, Estimated RO Unit “price” ±R77 000
Institutional Factor Grants 2.1 Measured by the proportion of disadvantaged students [Contact African & Coloured students who are SA citizens] IFG (DS) = % X TIG
Institutional Factor Grants 3.2 Size of the institution IFG (Size) = % X TIG 15.00% 12.50% 10.00% PERCENTAGE 7.50% 5.00% 2.50% 0.00% 4000 8000 12000 16000 20000 25000 NUMBER OF FTE CONTACT AND DISTANCE STUDENTS
Earmarked funding • National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) • Interest and redemption on loans approved before 1999 • New capital projects • Institutional restructuring
INTERVENTION • Discussion Document of DoE “Student Enrolment Planning: March 2005” • Ministerial Statement of Higher Education Funding: 2005/06 to 2007/08 (July 2005)
Internal wrangles High Low Protected Species Star Research output per Staff member Dog Cash cow Low High FTE/ Staff member
Internal wrangles High Low Protected Species Star Research output per resources required Dog Cash cow Low High FTE/ resources taken up