The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday said that Digital Technology has fulfilled its contractual obligations by delivering 1400 desktop computers to be distributed to secondary schools countrywide.
Controversy swirled around the computer company earlier this year after it acquired several multi-million dollar government contracts despite concerns about its track record. In July, Digital Technology won a $223 million contract to supply the computers for the ministry. Subsequently, the company was awarded a further $70 million to provide more computers, plus servers and overhead projectors.
Following the media scrutiny Education Minister Shaik Baksh stood by the award of the contracts and said that