Computerise Civil Service Database

The Herald
29 January 2010

Harare — Government should computerise the database of its employees to weed out ghost workers that are fleecing the State of thousands of dollars; Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said yesterday.

Minister Coltart said his ministry was making efforts to keep a computer-based list of teachers in the service to make it easier for the Government to compile a record of teachers working in the country.

“Government has been duped of a lot of cash through ghost workers. But if we were computer networked, thousands of dollars would have been saved,” he said.

There was need, he said, to link Government head offices with provincial and district offices to allow a smooth flow of information.

Information is currently transmitted manually.

“A person in another province should be well informed of what is happening at their head office. “The manual system we have been using for the past years has resulted in Government losing a lot of money. We must have a situation whereby every school will be linked to the ministry,” he said.

The major challenge, Minister Coltart said, was mobilising the necessary resources and bringing in the technical expertise.

“The process is expensive, but I have spoken to officials from World Bank and some donor agencies that have agreed to chip in financially,” he said.

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