Zimbabwe: ZW$10m Basic Education Funds Lying Idle, Losing Value Due to Outdated Manual – AG Report

GOVERNMENT last year failed to use a total of ZWL$10,3 billion that was allocated towards vulnerable children under the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM), it has emerged.

Acting Auditor-General Rheah Kujinga, in her latest report, said the funds were not utilised due to absence of an effective mechanism to identify beneficiaries and non-reimbursement of funds utilised to meet parent ministry expenditures.

The BEAM operational manual is now outdated and not user friendly, having not been…