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  • Newspaper

    Sierra Leone: investigating fake degree certificates report reveals political interference in university enrolment

    Sierra Leone

    Press

    Jariatu S. Bangura - All Africa

    A special parliamentary committee has been set up to investigate fake certificates and distance education programs that do not meet any standards or regulations. A report shows that universities are receiving calls from senior politicians asking them to enroll students in faculties for which they are not qualified. Other findings include bribery and corruption, difficulties in accessing higher education, and misuse of the Internet.

  • Newspaper

    Bristol University student creates app to stop cheats using essay bot

    UK

    Press

    Nathan Heath & PA Media - BBC News

    A student developed his own artificial intelligence (AI) app to stop cheating using essay-writing bots. After a project on his university course asked him to integrate AI with education, he felt the need to create the software start-up AIED.UK to prevent inequality in academic settings. The student thinks of AIED.UK as a "transitional phase" to prevent cheating whilst universities adapt to new technologies.

  • Video

    Alleged feeding scheme corruption leaves learners in KwaZulu-Natal starving

    South Africa

    Video

    Lethiwe Mdluli/DStv403 - eNCA

    Thousands of KwaZulu-Natal children have been forced to go to school on an empty stomach. This comes after the collapse of the KZN National School Nutrition Programme due to tender irregularities and corruption. The provincial Department of Education is yet to provide information regarding this issue.

  • Video

    Academic integrity: a student perspective on developing skills for success

    UK

    Video

    - Bournemouth University

    With exams just around the corner, students from Bournemouth University talk about what academic integrity means to them, how using it means they get better marks, how to avoid committing an academic offence and where to get help when they need it.

  • Newspaper

    NCAA penalizes Cal State at Northridge for academic fraud

    USA

    Press

    Welch Suggs - Chronicle of Higher Education

    California State University back on probation: a basketball coach tries to arrange for a player to receive credit for courses he never took.

  • Newspaper

    Three-person committee to probe vice-chancellor nepotism claims

    South Africa

    Press

    News24 - University World News

    The council of Stellenbosch University in South Africa has appointed a three-person committee to investigate allegations of nepotism against the vice-chancellor. A motion to remove him from office, in accordance with the university's statutes, has also been confirmed. The committee will investigate the facts underlying the motion, including allegations of nepotism and a possible breach of rules concerning the Vice-Chancellor’s discretionary placement of family members within the University.

  • Newspaper

    Universities split on using tool to detect AI plagiarism

    Australia

    Press

    The Guardian Australia - Univeristy World News

    Australian universities are split on whether to adopt a new tool which claims to detect AI-generated plagiarism with a near-perfect success rate, citing concerns over out-of-date models and the minimal notice the sector was given to assess the issue. Turnitin’s detection tool cites a 98% efficacy rate at picking up the “high probability” of AI. Out of twelve universities, three have adopted the tool and several were considering integrating it into their detection programmes.

  • Newspaper

    COVID-19 hit examination integrity and research hard

    Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania UR, Uganda

    Press

    Wachira Kigotho - University World News

    According to a survey conducted by Education Sub-Saharan Africa (ESSA), most universities in East Africa struggled to uphold the integrity of examinations that were administered online during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lead investigator at ESSA reports that students used materials prohibited during the examinations or breached university examination policies. Uganda and Kenya had the highest number of universities that struggled, at 31% and 27%, respectively.

  • Newspaper

    WAEC sanctions 13 secondary schools over exams malpractice

    Nigeria

    Press

    Najib Sani - All Africa

    The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) sanctioned 13 Secondary Schools in Gombe State over cases of examination malpractice. From 2018 to 2020, seven public secondary schools were found to be involved in exam malpractice. In 2022, the Ministry received a fresh set of six schools that committed the same offence, and they were also de-recognised with a penalty of N500,000 per school payable to WAEC. According to WAEC director, the threat of examination malpractice had a negative impact on students' performance in the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations result: with an overall average of 55.6% in 2022 compared to 79.5 per cent in 2021.

  • Newspaper

    College closed after alleged theft of public resources

    Rwanda

    Press

    Rwanda, Jean d’Amour - Universit World News

    The Rwanda Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) has ordered the temporary closure of Rwanda Polytechnic Regional College Kigali, in order to investigate serious cases of theft and misappropriation of public resources. According to sources, college equipment allegedly disappeared, and top officials and several employees involved in the management of the institution have been interrogated and arrested.

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