A digital audit of Shymkent's city schools has uncovered questionable facts regarding procurement, teacher workloads, and the status of certain families, according to infohub.kz.
The Seventh Channel reported on the curious details in the schools' operations. Some of the violations involved teachers: for instance, one teacher was found to have a workload of 70 hours, and in some cases a single employee simultaneously held two leadership positions.
One school, as the digital analysis showed, purchased 70 axes with budget funds. It remains unknown what necessitated such a quantity of tools. Additionally, 55 calculators were ordered for three accountants.
It also emerged that some families receiving social assistance own their own shops, land plots, and several cars. At the same time, some of those who identified themselves as low-income families were unable to provide documents confirming their eligibility for assistance.
Overall, the analysis revealed non-compliance with rules in 12 areas of education at once.
"Digitalization has been a great help. I said it before, last year we saved 10 billion 200 million tenge, and to date we have saved around 15 billion. I think by the end of the year the amount of money saved will be even larger," said Sarsen Kuranbek, Deputy Akim of Shymkent.