How far have the billions of ringgit gone to make students and teachers savvy in information and communication technology? The Government has appointed a group of auditors to find out.
Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said a consultancy firm, which was chosen from a list submitted by the Finance Ministry, would do the job.
He added, however, the auditors were not on a witch-hunt.
I have told them the job is not to find the fault of others.
It is merely to go down (to the schools), identify the weaknesses and report back to us, Hishammuddin told reporters after opening the SK Kuala Kurau (Baru) school near here yesterday.
Asked on the amount already spent on the ministry's Smart School programme to promote ICT awareness, he said it was hard to make an estimation as it also involved the Energy, Water and Communications Ministry.
He said that under the programme, laptops and LCD projectors are sent to teachers and trained by his ministry to use them.
He added that his ministry supplied the computers and built the necessary computer labs for schools while the Energy, Water and Communications ministry took charge of the networking.
Source: The Star.
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