The RM20 million a private consultancy pocketed for preparing the National Education Blueprint (NEB) was a “complete waste” of taxpayers’ money, according a critical federal lawmaker today.
DAP’s Ong Kian Ming further criticised the government for engaging McKinsey and Co to prepare the education blueprint, pointing out that the firm’s staff are not education specialists but merely general management consultants.
He said the project management office (PMO) could have asked other “high-powered” individuals from the Education Ministry and the government’s efficiency unit Pemandu to prepare the blueprint, instead of hiring external consultants.
“Surely the PMO could have utilised its many capable resources within the Ministry and Pemandu to prepare this National Education Blueprint?
“Why waste RM20 million on employing expensive management consultants?” the Serdang MP asked in a statement today.
“The role of McKinsey is not even documented in the National Education Blueprint (NEB),” he pointed out.
Citing a written parliamentary reply by the Ministry of Education to his question yesterday, Ong said the RM20,556 million was given to McKinsey and Co in two phases.
“I call upon the minister to explain why RM20 million was [spent] on McKinsey and whether he plans to continue to use the services of McKinsey in implementing the National Education Blueprint,” Ong said -themalaymailonline.com
