pune the comptroller and auditor general of india cag has found several anomalies in the state governments information and communication technology ict scheme introduced in 2500 schools across maharashtra the report pointed out complete laxity in monitoring and supervision of the scheme in one instance foodgrain for midday meal was found stored in the computer lab of a school in amravati in some schools contractors selected were using pirated operating systems while instructors not qualified to impart computer training were found conducting classes the report stated that planning for phase ii which would cover 2500 more schools was poor which has lead to a delay of two years 200910 and 201011 the ict scheme is being implemented in all eight regions of the state mumbai pune nashik kolhapur aurangabad latur amravati and nagpur in two phases covering 3000 schools phase i 500 and phase ii 2500 eight districts 25 from each region and 233 schools 25 from each district were selected randomly without replacement method the cag report stated scrutiny of records june 2013 of the director of education pune revealed that after award of contracts in april 2011 for phaseii 220 out of 2500 schools initially recommended by the state government and approved by the union ministry of human resource and development hrd were replaced with another set of 220 schools between august 2011 and january 2012 without prior approval of mhrd it was done on the basis of contractors survey that indicated lack of infrastructure in the initially selected 220 schoolsict project officer sunil magar said the inspection was done by cag in schools selected randomly and not at all schools where ict has been implemented hence the discrepancies are limited to schools where audit was conducted however this does not mean that there were no irregularities there are some principals and headmasters who have failed to implement the scheme in their schools magar further added there have been some problems from the side of software agency that has been awarded the contract for implementation of ict scheme however in the contract between the state government and the implementing agency there is a provision for penalty for the agency if something goes wrong we will penalise the agency on the points that have been brought to the notice of the state government magar also said that his team would study the cag report and rectify the mistakes pointed out by the auditors