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Govt Struggles To Clear 2022 BEAM Arrears

1 year agoThu, 09 Nov 2023 17:37:38 GMT
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Govt Struggles To Clear 2022 BEAM Arrears

The Government has a staggering ZWL$278 billion outstanding bill for the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) programme.

BEAM was established in 2001 by the Government as part of the Enhanced Social Protection Programme (ESPP) the objective was to provide basic education to everyone in Zimbabwe including students who could not afford school fees such as Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC).

NewsDay reported Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister July Moyo as saying the Government is currently paying BEAM arrears for 2022.

In a presentation at the pre-budget seminar held at the new Parliament building in Mt Hampden last week, Minister Moyo said:

The mismatch between budget disbursement and cash release: for example, under the BEAM programme, from the revised budget of ZWL$86.9 billion, cash availed to date is only ZWL$58.4 billion, leaving a balance of $28.6 billion.

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Even the revised balance is not adequate to meet the requirements for 2023, as we are currently paying arrears for 2022. The arrears currently stand at ZWL$278 billion.

The Government says this year, it assisted 1 515 047 learners with educational assistance under BEAM. Of these, 730 321 were boys and 784 726 were girls.

More: Pindula News

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10 Comments

ini · 1 year ago
yema by election they won't struggle at all
Kongaring Kongara · 1 year ago
Ngaingobhadharwe mari yema fees vakanyarara havoo,kwete kuchema nhando kwavari kuda kuratidza uku.
chinondidya chii · 1 year ago
and yet they have us5million for the Tshabangu Muppet show
Zanodoini · 1 year ago
Zanundoga, zano ega.
xyz · 1 year ago
in short jmoyo is admitting that the gvt has failed,how can u fail to avail money which is already budgeted for and yet u manage to spend impulsively for things in planned for,unnecessary things for that matter,gvt would rather prioritise its ego at the expense of the posterity. indeed zim gvt is a shame on face of this planet!
Citizen · 1 year ago
Zanu gvt is an embarrasment on the face of this planet. nxaaa
doug · 1 year ago
Unbudgeted US dollar money for unplanned elections can be found anytime when school heads are having headaches on how to spread the little money they get from the few parents who manage to pay while budgeted BEAM local currency money is still to be disbursed, losing value as time goes.
,,,, · 1 year ago
And should an audit be done a lot of the payments done will most likely be unaccounted for.
neverdies · 1 year ago
true on that, useless elections are funded

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