PAC gives HRD Corp three months to submit follow-up action report

KUALA LUMPUR: 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. We will then ask for their report on the follow-up actions taken based on our recommendations,” PAC chairman Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin told a press conference in Parliament on Tuesday (July 16).

Previously, the PAC revealed that HRD Corp had made various investments using RM3.77bil in levies collected from employers for training development programmes.

The PAC found that the levies collected showed a significant increase from RM475mil in 2020 to RM2.134bil last year.

Concerning the follow-up action report on the upgrading and redeveloping of dilapidated school buildings, Mas 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 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 EMIS (Education Management Information Systems).

"The PAC also suggests that the ministry consider preventive measures to address the issue of dilapidated school buildings, taking into account the existing financial resources and allocations,” she said. - Bernama