BEC Needs To Get Its House In Order
Monday, October 29, 2018
BEC is tasked with conducting school examinations and any other exam for the Ministry of Basic Education and issue certificates.
On its website the exam body clearly states that: “BEC’s key business activities include examinations and assessment policy and programme development, the conduct and regulation of national school examination programmes and the award of certificates for programmes in general education subsector”.
The P300 million internal roads tender is a case study. A bidder’s complaint revealed alleged irregularities. A tribunal ordered a re-evaluation.The council and the initial winner appealed to the High Court. Now, the Ministry of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, frustrated by the delay, writes to the council suggesting the tender be cancelled, and an alternative procurement model be explored, while the matter is still before the courts....