Summary
Annual reporting is a critical accountability tool for school authorities to show their performance relative to their education plan and their contribution to the Ministry of Education’s outcomes and measures. The department sets annual report minimum requirements and ensures school authorities comply with them.
Objective and Scope
Our audit objective was to assess if the Department of Education has effective processes to ensure that school authorities comply with its annual report requirements.
Conclusion
We conclude, based on our audit criteria, that the department does not have effective processes to ensure that school authorities comply with annual report requirements, and it can improve them.
We recommend that the department:
• improve the execution of the annual report assessment process
• improve the execution of the annual report correction process