ICYMI: The DepEd said the DBM-PS should be the one to answer the issue of “pricey” entry-level laptops purchased for public school teachers.
on Saturday said the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service should be the one to answer the issue of “pricey” entry-level laptops purchased for public school teachers.
“The question on the price of the laptops can best be answered by the procurement service of the Department of Budget and Management as the procuring entity for the units. The [education] department only received laptops from DBM-PS,” DepEd said in a statement.It added that it was “taking steps” to deal with the recommendations presented by the Commission on Audit .
In its 2021 annual audit report, COA flagged DepEd for the expensive laptops it bought for P2.4 billion that cut by nearly half the number of supposed teacher-beneficiaries nationwide.
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