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                                                                               Status of
Reference          Observation              Recommendations                Implementation/
                                                                          Result of Validation
2022 AAR;    The Local School            24. Management       review      Not Implemented
AO No. 10;   Board (LSB) has not             and      monitor     the
Page No.     adequately monitored            balances      of     the     Upon validation, 16 out
61           the implementation of           continuing                   of 64 projects were
             Special       Education         appropriation under the      already reverted per LSB
             Fund (SEF) priority             SEF. Those amounts           Resolution No. 8, series
             PPAs in accordance              pertaining to completed      of 2023. The Audit team
             with Section 100(c) of          projects and those that      will follow up the
             RA No. 7160, hence,             are no longer needed         remaining 48 projects in
             there are still 64 PPAs         will be reverted and         CY 2025.
             since CY 2012 with              used to fund other SEF
             balances         totaling       PPAs.
             ₱85,534,569.05 that
             have not been fully
             implemented            or
             liquidated resulting to
             the underutilization of
             the fund.
2022 AAR;    The accountability for      25. The City Government          Implemented
AO No. 11;   assets procured from            and      the      DepEd
Page No.     SEF       cannot     be         Dumaguete            City    Division Memorandum
62           properly established            Division           Office    No. 079, series of 2024
             due to inadequate               establish an internal        was issued reiterating the
             coordination          in        policy for managing          policy on the processing
             transferring property           SEF properties to ensure     of      transfer        of
             accountabilities and            that       there        is   accountability.
             failure    to    renew          accountability for issued
             Property                        property items at all        Physical Inventory count
             Acknowledgement                 times and that the PARs      was conducted by the
             Receipts (PARs) at              are updated every three      CGSO in August and
             least every three years         years or whenever there      September 2024 and
             or every time there is a        is    a    change      of    completed in December
             change in property              accountability         or    2024. PARs were also
             accountability,                 custodianship over the       updated as of year-end.
             contrary to Sections            items.
             375 and 376 of RA No.
             7160 and Section 492        26. The CGSO explore the         Not Implemented
             of the Government               option of donating SEF-
             Accounting          and         funded properties, such      Updated      all   PARs
             Auditing        Manual          as teacher’s chairs and      following the completion
             (GAAM), Volume 1.               tables,     instructional/   of physical inventory
                                             teaching materials, etc.     count last December
                                             which are meant for          2024. No efforts were
                                             direct classroom use, to     made      yet    whether
                                             the DepEd City School        donation of said assets is
                                             Division. This will          feasible or not.
                                             ensure that the person in
                                             actual           physical
                                             possession/control of


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