Brasília, 1/28/2003 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - Minister of Education, Cristovam Buarque, has asked the president of the Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU) [a kind of General Accounting Office] Valmir Campelo, to assist the ministry in managing funds and their expenditure. "We want to improve our spending, spend on target, not on administration. And we want to combat all forms of misappropriation," said the minister. (AB)