Government Crackdown on Embezzlement of PSUGO Funds

An earlier investigation has suggested a much higher number of beneficiaries enrolled than the actual number of students. For example, a school in Gros Morne has 132 registered students as per PSUGO records while the actual number of such students was only 31. Similarly, a school in Carrefour with recorded 218 students, has only 45 students. Thus, thousands of US$ have been diverted by showing large numbers of fictitious students. The PSUGO pays a subsidy amount of US$ 90 per student. There are hundreds of schools located in the lower and upper Artibonite, who receive two different sources of funding for school children, from the Universal Schooling Program, Free and Compulsory (PSUGO) and the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP).

The Head of the State has given formal instruction to take stern actions on the person responsible for these corrupt activities, both in public and private sectors. The Minister Manigat has said that such corrective and punitive measures will be enforced from the next new school year, in all departments of the public and private schools under PSUGO program and the fund so misappropriated will be returned to the beneficiary teachers and students under the program.

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