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schema:articleBody	The World Bank said Monday it was suspending a first tranche of $100 million in a programme to fund free schools in DR Congo over "fraud and corruption" in the country's education sector. Directors at the development lender had signed off last year on $800 million of funding for free primary schooling, a flagship project of President Felix Tshisekedi. But in a report published in November, the DRC's Inspector General of Finances "revealed a number of shortcomings and alleged cases of fraud and corruption in connection with the use of public funds in the sector, as well as weaknesses in internal controls," the World Bank said in a statement. "The disbursement scheduled for December is currently on hold, while the World Bank similarly exercises its own fiduciary responsibility," the institution added, saying it was "working closely with the Congolese authorities". In its report, the IGF said it found fake invoices, lists of teachers stuffed with fake names at non-existent schools, as well as the suspected embezzlement of 63 billion Congolese francs ($31 million). Trade union sources told AFP that two senior civil servants in the education system singled out by the report, including the head of teachers' payroll, were in pre-trial detention. "These two added large numbers of non-teachers to the payroll system on a regular basis," said Jean-Bosco Puna of the National Catholic Teachers' Union. Tshisekedi's education push saw four million new pupils sign up during the 2019-20 academic year, although the coronavirus pandemic forced a pause in teaching for six months. Schools and universities had to close for a second time in December after reopening two months before. The free schools programme was estimated to cost $2.6 billion when it was launched, more than one-third of the DRC's annual budget for 2021 -- even as other public goods like hospitals and roads are lacking. Most of the DRC's 87 million people are under the age of 20. bmb/st/tgb/gd
schema:headline	World Bank suspends DRC school funding over fraud
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