Editor,

Beyond the need to ensure complete integrity in Rwanda Education Board’s (Reb) financial accounting (as well as any other public entity), the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) should similarly scrutinise the degree of objectivity and fairness applied in the attribution of scholarships, both local and overseas.

This is not a minor area in the use of public resources and it is important for the Rwandan public to be assured of the transparency and meritorious manner in which such scholarships are given to avoid possibilities of favouritism and corruption.

To what extent, for instance, are applicants informed beforehand of the basis for selection, and then the unsuccessful candidates informed of why they did not make the cut? What process has the Reb put in place, for example, for such unsuccessful candidates to be able to appeal decisions they consider to be discriminatory, if they seem not to be based on merit and objective criteria?

Mwene Kalinda

Reaction to the Editorial, "PAC should demand greater accountability” (The New Times, October 8)