It’s already one thing that our government supplied outdated equipment for its employees, but apparently these books and computers were bought at ludicrously expensive prices.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]

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  1. wala hindi totoo yan.. walang ganyan sa Gobyerno.. malinis tumatrabaho ang mga naglilingkod sa bayan.. wag kayong ganyan.. masama yan.. tapos na nga daw ang kurapsyon sbi ng pangulo.. wag na kayo gawa ng kwento baka matagal na rin yan..

    1. walang corrupt eh bakt ang hirap pa din ng bansa natin nagkakagulo p sa senado anong wala nasa pilipinas ka b o sa mars?

  2. wow! somebody has to be accountable for this stunt. This is clearly a case of corruption. DEPED should be investigated and audited, may mga demonyo dito ang kakapal ng mukha

  3. Tang Ina Nyo!!! 400K isang computer? eh ung specs na un di lalagpas ng 10K eh… Tang ina, ilang classroom na dapat un mga putang ina nyo… Mahiya naman kayo, pinapakain nyo ng nakaw ang mga Mahal nyo sa Buhay.. Tapos nagrereklamo ang mga teacher ang liit daw ng sahod nila. Ang mga Public school naten walang magandang Palikuran.. Tang ina nyo!!! Mamatay na kayo!!!

    1. in 2006 kung bibilin mo yan we can say mahal p nun mga worst na 20k pero 400k bka robot yung binili nila hahahah

      1. haha.. nung 2006? halos presyo na un ng isang kotse.. hahaha, tang ina talaga gobyerno natin..

    2. garapalan ang datingan eh. mangungurakot na lang halatang halata pa, walang hiya-hiya, kabig lang kung kabig..