Overview
This grant is designed to cover the cost of staffing allocations approved by the Department. The grant is based on the sanctioned staff numbers and salary based on Department approved salary scales. Schools Division Financial should be notified of all changes to sanctioned staff. It should also be noted that approval must be sought for all new sanctioned staff from Schools Division Financial.
Contributory pension scheme for full-time non-teaching employees:
A deduction corresponding to the annual total of such pension contributions is made by the Department from the individual school grant, this started in 2021.See Appendix 2 of Financial Guideline 2023/2024-21 for further details.
There is no Departmental sanction given for Caretakers and Cleaners in PPP schools. The grant is paid in four instalments: January, April, July and October.
N.B. January and April payments are calculated based on 90% of the previous year budget divided by four with one quarter paid in January & one quarter paid in April. Full adjustment for the current year census is applied to the July and October payments and a deduction is made for the prior year’s employees annual pension contributions. It is paid in two equal instalments.
See Financial Guideline 2023/2024-21 for further details.