It’s already one thing that our government supplied outdated equipment for its employees, but apparently these books and computers were bought at ludicrously expensive prices.
According to a report by News5, a DepEd supplier charged Php400,000 per computer package, which consists of some educational software, instructional materials, 1-day technical support, accessories, and a desktop unit computer that’s powered by obsolete components—Intel Pentium IV, 128MB RAM, 40GB internal storage, Nvidia GeForce 4 graphics, and Windows 98 SE. Such a package should only cost around Php15,000 today (and I’m even being generous on that estimate). And even when they were bought in the early 2000s, the Php400,000 price per package would still be completely outrageous.
Other suppliers had also billed the government for books at Php200-300 each, when they should only be priced less than Php100 because of their cheap materials. Worse, these suppliers are apparently still in business with the government.
To put everything in one word: corruption. Two DepEd officials (who still remain in office) are allegedly in collaboration with these suppliers. They’re apparently receiving some kickbacks for buying overpriced equipment.
See the whole video report at the source link below.
[Source: Interaksyon, Via: Unbox]
Nakakalungkot ang nangyayari sa bayan natin.
Sobra sila ! tax namin winawaldas sa mga mahal ng bagay may nakita ako ballpen 100 pesos isa lapis 50 pesos isa mga Gov. Agencies hay naku
garapalan na to!pota sa 400k madame ka nang unit of state of the art computers na mabibili
idagdag mo pa si henares na kolekta2x nang tax pati sa nagtitinda ng taho..tang ina!
I’ve built my gaming rig for 30k, you can throw any specs intensive application on it, and run it without any sweat. Shitty outdated PC for 400k per package? Now this is fvcking stoopid..
bagong na pagong ang computer.. d ko bibilhin yn sa halagang 1k
mga garapla kayo kaya pala nagkukulang ang mga guro dito sa pilipinas dhail sa kahayupang ito hnkakaawa kao
Dapat sa mga suppliers na yan, sunugin ng buhay! Mga swapang! Isama na rin yung mga DEP ED officials na yan. Ginagago buong bayan…
That’s a heck of a commission. How can that be approved?
baka kaya 400k pesos ang isang set ng computer ay vintage na mas old model mas mura parang kotse….. he3