The Education and Sports Sector Annual Performance Report Financial Year 2016/17

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This section of the report provides summaries of major achievements of the sector during the FY 2016/17. It provides a snapshot of Legal and policy framework, budget performance, overall Overview of Education Sector Performance (in terms of access. Quality, efficiency and effectiveness), cross cutting issues, international commitments well as the as implementation of H.E. the President Manifesto. 1.0 Introduction This is the 14th Edition of the Education and Sport Annual Performance Report since 2003. It provides stakeholders both within and outside the sector with a summary of the sector performance in its delivery of government programmes. Specifically, the report provides an analysis of the sector performance against set goals, objectives and targets as articulated in the Education and Sport Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP), the National Development Plan (NDP), H.E. the Presidential Manifesto (2016-2021): Ministerial Policy Statement (2016/17) and the Aide Memoire for the 23rd ESSR as well as the Annual Sector Work Plans. The purpose of this ESSAPR, therefore, is to provide feedback to the stakeholders on the overall sector performance during FY 2016/17. It will constitute the key document that will inform stakeholders during the 24th Education and Sport Sector Review (ESSR). 2.0 Legal and Policy framework Under the legal and policy framework, an issues paper for the review of the GWP on Education was developed and consultations are on-going. With regards to the review of the ESSP, a draft plan was in place waiting discussion and approval by the Top Management of Education and Sports. The sector also commenced drafting of Sexuality in Education Framework, Environment in Education Policy. Education for Sustainable Development and the National Teacher Policy. 3.0 Overall Financial Budget Performance (FY 2016/17) The total approved budget for the Education and Sports sector in FY 2016/17 stood at Ushs. 2,447.46bn including external financing, out of the total national budget of Ushs. 20,430.61bn hence translating into 11.98% share and this corresponds to a 0.9% increase in the sector budget share from FY 2015/16 of 11.08% where the sector had a budget of Ushs. 2.029.07 bn out of the total national budget of Ushs. 18,311.37bn. The Government total expenditure on Education and Sports Sector was 2.94% of the total Gross Domestic Product (up from 2.39% in FY 2015/16). Wage was the biggest expenditure category of the sector followed by non-wage, external financing and lastly domestic development. In comparison to FY 2015/16, there was a decrease in budget allocation of 2.4% to wage, 2.6% to non-wage. 1.3% to domestic development whereas the sector received an increase of 6.3% to the external financing expenditure category. There was also an aggregated decrease of 5% to the Sector's recurrent budget while an increase of the same margin was realized under the development component