'This not only violates public trust but also deprives our basic education teachers of their right to government support,' says Davao-based group Media Educators of Mindanao.
MANILA, Philippines – A Mindanao-based education organization urged the Department of Education to take responsibility for the fire sale of laptops at the agency.
The statement was in reaction to Rappler’s two-part investigation into how laptops meant for teachers, purchased by DepEd, ended up for sale in retail stores and online across the country. “Based on its initial engagement of DepEd procurement, MultiplY-Ed notes that there remain critical processes and offices that are not open to monitoring and information is selectively accessible,” MultiplY-Ed said in a press statement on Monday, May 8.
Section 13 of Republic Act 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act requires three observers to monitor the procurement process, including one from the Commission on Audit, one from the private sector and another from a nongovernment organization. The only requirement is that they do not have direct or indirect interest in the contract to be bid out and are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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