Nine primary school students in Region 9 stole nearly two million dollars from their School’s feeding programme according to the Auditor General’s 2016 Report.
According to report laid in Parliament two weeks ago, the students from the Primary School stole the sum of $1.802 million in 2017.
“At the time of reporting in September 2017, $700,000 was repaid leaving the sum of $1.102M to be recovered. The parents of the students had entered into an agreement to repay the amount stolen on a monthly basis commencing from April 2017,” it explains. The Ministry also noted that the matter is presently engaging the attention the court.
The sum of $2.105 billion was allocated for Dietary needs under the Ministry of Education. According to the Appropriation Account, amounts totalling $1.668 billion were expended as at 31 December 2016. Including $600.312M which were expended on the provision of hot meals to 21,379 students of Nursery and Primary Schools.