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The Department of Education has accumulated Php 1.9 billion worth of unliquidated cash advance as of yearend, December 31, 2019, said the Commission on Audit (COA).
In COA’s annual audit report for DEPED, a significant amount of unliquidated cash advances at the department is a result of deficiencies in the granting, liquidation, and monitoring of cash advances, contrary to existing COA rules and regulations and related to the DepEd guidelines which was incurred by DepEd central office and 11 DepEd Regional Offices.
Region 5 recorded the highest amount of unliquidated cash advance with Php 445.5 million. The following are the rest of the accumulated cash advances of DEPED according to COA:
Central Office – P101.8 million
National Capital Region – P158.9 million
Region I – P70 million
Region II – P15.3 million
Region III – P34.7 million
Region IV-B – P93.9 million
Region V – P445.5 million
Region VI – P411 million
Region VII – P4.7 million
Region VIII – P15.7 million
Region IX – P79.5 million
Region X – P59.8 million
Region XI – P14.8 million
Region XII – P290.3 million
Region XIII – P125.6 million
COA urged DEPED to strictly comply with the existing rules and regulations of COA and DEPED regarding the granting, liquidation, and monitoring of cash advances.
COA added that the department should issue demand letters to Accountable Officers to settle their cash advances.
“In case of failure to comply, DepEd should implement the withholding of salaries or any money due to them, including appropriate legal sanctions pursuant to Article 218 of the Revised Penal Code for failure to render accounts,” said COA.
All DEPED offices have submitted a response agreeing to comply the commission’s recommendations.
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