NIK report concludes Education Ministry made serious mistakes

According to the Supreme Board of Inspection's (NIK) report presented yesterday to the Sejm, the Ministry of Education made several serious mistakes concerning the teacher's charter, failed to cooperate with the Ministry of Finance and presented false data to gminas. Notably, the bill contained two contradictory provisions of teachers' salaries, causing the State Treasury to face the threat of unexpected expenses. The most significant accusation made was that the ministry hid and changed data. The Teacher's charter was introduced in the spring of 2000. A few months later, the gminas realized they had received almost zl.1.2 billion less than was necessary. That matter led to the removal of then Education Minister Miroslaw Handke. (Zycie, p.5) M.K.