ons ible ▁for ▁Nov op ay , ▁Steven ▁Joy ce . ▁Tal ent 2 ▁continues ▁to ▁provide ▁the ▁software ▁but ▁services ▁and ▁the ▁accuracy ▁of ▁pay roll ▁is ▁now ▁the ▁responsibility ▁of ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Education ▁through ▁the ▁government ▁owned ▁company , ▁Education ▁Pay roll ▁Ltd . ▁Under ▁the ▁new ▁arrangement ▁the ▁government ▁assumes ▁full ▁responsibility ▁for ▁the ▁provision ▁of ▁the ▁education ▁pay roll ▁service . ▁ ▁They ▁have ▁since ▁spent ▁millions ▁($ 4 5 M ▁by ▁ 2 0 1 5 ) ▁in ▁tax p ayer ▁funds ▁fixing ▁problems ▁with ▁the ▁system . ▁ ▁The ▁error ▁rate ▁for ▁pay ments ▁is ▁now ▁less ▁than ▁ 0 . 2 ▁per ▁cent , ▁less ▁than ▁half ▁the ▁ 0 . 5 ▁per ▁cent ▁acceptable ▁error ▁rate ▁as ▁defined ▁by ▁the ▁Nov op ay ▁technical ▁review . ▁ ▁Tal ent 2 ▁background ▁▁ ▁Tal ent 2 ▁was ▁started ▁by ▁two ▁Australian ▁entrepr ene urs , ▁Andrew ▁B anks ▁and ▁Geoff ▁Morgan . ▁B anks ▁and ▁Morgan ▁founded ▁the ▁Australian ▁rec ruit ment ▁company ▁Morgan ▁and ▁B anks ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁listed ▁on ▁the ▁Australian ▁stock ▁exchange ▁and ▁sold ▁four ▁years ▁later ▁for ▁$ 4 7 0 ▁million . ▁ ▁B anks ▁and ▁Morgan ▁launched ▁Tal ent 2 ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁foc using ▁on ▁rec ruit ment ▁and ▁pay roll ▁management . ▁The ▁company ▁grew ▁rapidly ▁and ▁soon ▁had ▁ 1 7 0 0 ▁staff ▁in ▁ 1 9 ▁countries