Accounts mayhem again at Education

PAC in session
PAC in session

The chickens of April's Cabinet reshuffle came home to roost yesterday, as the Education Ministry's new PS failed to account for billiions of Pula in spending made at the troubled ministry more than a year ago.

The Ministry of Education and Skills Development yesterday drew the Public Accounts Committee’s wrath as its poor record-keeping and widespread accounting failures, mean taxpayers will have to wait a little longer to know how their funds have been used.

The ministry, which traditionally receives the bulk of the recurrent budget, was allocated P7.73 billion in the 2012/13 financial year, which the PAC now requires senior officials to account for and demonstrate statutory compliance.

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