KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 — The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has given the Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) a three-month deadline to submit a follow-up action report on the committee’s recommendations in its recent audit report.
“Since we presented it last week, we need to wait three months. Then we will ask for their report on the follow-up actions taken based on our recommendations,” said its chairman Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin during a press conference in the Parliament building today.
Previously, the PAC revealed that HRD Corp had made various investments using RM3.77 billion in levies collected from employers for training development programmes.
It discovered that the collected levies significantly increased from RM475 million in 2020 to RM2.134 billion in 2023.
Meanwhile, regarding the follow-up action report on upgrading and redeveloping dilapidated school buildings, Ermieyati said the PAC believes there is still ample room for improvement to achieve the zero dilapidated school buildings initiative.
“The government, particularly the Education Ministry (MOE) and the Public Works Department, needs to be more proactive in expediting the development, refurbishment, and upgrading projects while also intensifying the verification process for data entered into the Education Management Information Systems.
“The PAC also suggests that the MOE consider preventive measures to address the issue of dilapidated school buildings, taking into account the existing financial resources and allocations,” she said.
— Bernama
