This phase prioritises the nominated children into three categories, namely: Priority I (Red category); Priority II (Orange category) and Priority III (Green category). The categories are determined using a combination of criteria including

The beneficiary selection list is finalised:
• Upon receipt by the CSC of the primary and secondary school BEAM budget allocations from BMU
• By determining the number of children that can be catered for by the received budget allocations based on the per capita fee and levy costs
• In case of a Budget surplus it can be used to, procure stationery for BEAM beneficiary children; or
• augment its secondary school budget and support additional children; or support some of the Priority III children

Detailed instructions on how to familiarise learners with the processes involved in the completion and submission of BEAM payment application forms can be found from the BEAM Payment Form in the Operational Manual

After the BMU has received the BEAM Payment Application Forms it:
• Verifies the forms for completeness, correctness and adherence to the school budget allocation;
• Enters the application details into the BEAM IMS;
• Provides the bank with the SDC accounts for schools whose forms have been cleared through the system for payment.

When the BEAM payment has reflected in the SDC bank account:
• The school head should inform the CSC about the receipt of payment and immediately complete the acknowledgement of BEAM funds form
• The school must issue out individual levy and school fee payment receipts to each BEAM beneficiary; and
• If the school had compelled BEAM beneficiaries to make advance payments (which is not allowed) it should reimburse the household in full

Once selected, a BEAM beneficiary will be assisted for a full year.
• Support for each pupil is re-evaluated annually.
• Recipients are not excluded from repeated assistance in subsequent years, meeting selection criteria and attendance are requirements
• Assistance will not be revoked following poor academic performance by a beneficiary, but would be contingent on satisfactory school attendance.
• Assistance will cease once the student’s household economic circumstances are considered to have improved sufficiently.
• Where demand is higher than available BEAM resources the solution will not be to drop or rotate children

The CSC may replace beneficiaries during the course of a school year under the following circumstances:
• A child who has been absent for 10 days in the term in circumstances that cannot be justified by either the school or the parent/guardian.
• A BEAM beneficiary who has transferred to another community; and
• When a BEAM beneficiary has dropped out of school for reasons that have not been corrected in the short-term, e.g. early marriage, death, employment etc.