Schools in Corrientes Had Broken Computers Installed
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Court of Auditors of the province said that the "poor" electrical installations in the buildings were not considered, and in some cases could not even try out the air conditioners because of the risk of leaving without electricity the rest of the property. There were also delays in the execution of funds coming from the Federal Government.</p>
According to the Court of Auditors of Corrientes, from 2007 they installed in various schools of the province computers that did not work and did not take into account the "poor condition of the electrical installation of the facilities."
The report, which was part of the Federal Network Control and was monitored by the General Office of the Comptroller (SIGEN, for its acronym in Spanish) reveals that "although the funds transferred from the Ministry of Education's Office were applied to the stated purposes, serious technical deficiencies prevented the fulfillment of the main objective of the Educational Equity Program (PIIE)” of infrastructure and equipment, in charge of the Provincial Coordinating Unit (UCP).
In some schools, air conditioners that were installed by the UCP, "could not be tested upon completion of the work," and others "are not used because when the power is turned on the entire school’s power goes out," says the report. It also specifies that "due to poor electrical conditions, multiple monitors and CPUs were ruined."
Something similar happened in other educational establishments, and School Number 444 Maria Diaz Salvador, where "the alarm stopped working a few days after installation", and the same happened in #275, which also, according to the Deputy Director of the watchdog, "they received an image setter in poor condition from the PIIE."
The Court of Auditors also found "delay in the use of the funds transferred." Up to November of last year, of the eight schools in the City of Goya five "did not record the beginning of the work" for the provision of school equipment, even though the Provincial Coordinating Unit certificate since March 2007.
Moreover, deficiencies were found in the building inspection mechanisms and lack of monitoring. Even the report noted that "the managers of the interviewed schools reported having comments to make," but added that "at no time were copies of the book of communications (where the notices are taken down) made available" as required by the Instructions approved by Resolution 515/08, which regulates the program construction work.
While resolution 515 determines that the latest news and the percentage of physical progress of the work must be written with the signature of the inspector and director of the school, the UCP and the Department of Infrastructure of the Ministry of Education of the Province, indicated that "the PIIE program does not provide the mandatory signature of the manager in any documents." The report found that "the response denotes the signees on a major misunderstanding of the regulations applicable to the program.”