Accounts mayhem again at Education

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.