The following changes have been made to the 2003/2004 budget structure.

• Programme 7: Curriculum planning and programme 8: Specialised services of 2002/2003 will be combined in subprogramme 1.3: Education Management. The various directorates will no longer have separate objectives. There expenses will be allocated according to responsibility codes.

• A new subprogramme 1.4: Human Resource Development has been created for the recording of such expenses, that are linked to personnel in Programme 1.

• The subprogramme of 2002/2003 for ‘primary and secondary schools’ will be deleted. Schools will only be divided into two groups as follows:

  - Schools with learners in grades 1 to 9 = Primary
  - Schools with learners in grade 1 to higher than grade 9 = Secondary

• A new subprogramme 2.3 : Professional and special services will be created. The expenses of the EMDCs will appear here (previously Programme 9: Education management and development).

• Safe schools will be discontinued as a subprogramme and will form part of the EMDCs budget.

• A new subprogramme 2.4: Human Resource Development has been created for the recording of such expenses that are linked to personnel in Programmes 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
  and 8.

This programme is only for ABET.

This is a ‘new’ programme specifically for ECD.

The programme consists of the following:

• Subprogramme 8.1: SETA (Sectoral education and training authority)
  This is for the payment of the 10% of the 1% contribution to SETA.

• Subprogramme 8.2: Conditional grants
  The conditional grants for financial management and quality enhancement, as well as HIV/AIDS, are provided for here.

• Subprogramme 8.3: Examinations
  This is for the expenses of the Directorate: Examinations(Head Office) (previously in Programme 7).

• Subprogramme 8.4: Teacher training
  This is for the existing teacher colleges (previously Programme 10), as well as for the expenses of the Institute.

Attached is the new abridged Code List for 2003/2004. The complete Code Lists are available on Financial Management Sysytem (FMS). Please note that several new objective codes have been created (especially with reference to par. 1 above).

With effect from 1 April 2004, the WCED will switch over to a new bookkeeping system (BAS). Therefore, although the structure as amended is not ideal, further amendments cannot be made at this stage.

To prevent any confusion, please destroy all previous copies of the Code Lists.