According to a report by The Fourth Estate, Ghana’s Ministry of Education spent GHC 2 Million on a COVID-19 tracker app which was never deployed.
Details
The COVID-19 tracker app, which was launched in April 2020, was intended to track COVID-19 cases in junior and senior high schools in Ghana.
But according to an Auditor General’s report on the country’s expenditure on COVID-19, the app was never used.
The app was created under the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP), which was a five-year project with the objective to improve the quality of education in low-performing basic education schools and strengthen education sector equity and accountability in Ghana.
The audit noted that although the app was developed, it was never deployed. The report noted that IT infrastructure worth GH₵16 million procured under GALOP had been left idle.
What They’re Saying
“The anomaly was attributed to late deployment of these tools, lack of consultation and coordination between the procuring Agencies (Ministry of Education and Ghana Library Authority and the user Agency (Ghana Education Service),” the report indicated.
The Bigger Picture
The Fourth Estate petitioned the Ministry of Education through the Right To Information (RTI) law for more information about their COVID-19 but the Ministry hasn’t been forthcoming.
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