Ministry works on service agreement

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Ministry works on service agreement

In 2018 the Auditor-General recommended the Ministry of Education have an agreement with the e-ticketing service provider, but the auditor noted that a year later this had not been done.

According to the 2019 Audit Report on Social Services Sector, the ministry should ensure that an agreement was drawn for the facilitation of the transport assistance scheme for school students through electronic ticketing.

“There has been an absence of acceptable data governance process where agreements are made to ensure that relevant information such as exception reports on the actual use of cards, travel patterns and behaviour of eligible students are captured and monitored,” the report tabled in Parliament recently stated.

“Regular reconciliation has not been carried out between the records kept by the ministry against the records kept by the e-ticketing service provider.”

The Ministry of Education said in response that it had drafted a service agreement which is “currently under consultation process”.

The ministry assured that the service agreement will be finalised and vetted before the next financial year.

Meanwhile, the ministry has referred a staff member to the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) for the misappropriation of donor funds worth $20,000, the report stated. Auditors found the ministry received $20,000 on November 28, 2018 from an embassy to fund the Special Education Program.

“There was no receipt issued to the donor for funds received,” the OAG said.

“On 11/02/19, an accountable advance for $20,000 was issued to a staff of the ministry. And on 18/02/19, revenue receipt No. 904124 of the same amount was issued by the ministry’s cashier to the same officer for clearance of accountable advance. No other supporting document was produced as an acquittal.”

The Education Ministry stated the officer involved had been dismissed and the case was with FICAC for litigation proceedings.

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