PAC: Ministry should axe project

THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has advised that the Education Ministry discontinue the RM4.1bil 1Bestarinet project in schools.

However, the decision still lies with the ministry, said PAC chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed.

“The implementation of the first phase was poor and it shouldn’t be continued, but it is up to the ministry because they are the people in charge of it,” he told reporters after chairing a PAC meeting.

The PAC inquiry yesterday called up the ministry’s secretary-general Tan Sri Madinah Mohamad, who was appointed to her position in 2013, two years after the scheme started.

“We wanted to hear from her what the future plans are. But she said the project is going to continue,” he said.

Nur Jazlan, who is also the Pulai MP, said the project had not met its target.

He hopes to complete the investigation by next month after speaking to three more witnesses.