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The Federal Government has unveiled a landmark initiative aimed at entrenching transparency, accountability, and efficiency in Nigeria’s tertiary education system with the official launch of the Federal Government Tertiary Institution Governance and Transparency Platform (FTIGTP). The initiative will serve as a unified digital platform providing real-time access to accurate data and financial information across all tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The platform aims not only to strengthen public confidence but also improve efficiency in the management of educational resources and foster innovation.

To address corruption in Ukraine’s education sector, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention has held an event to publish its “Education Integrity Development Strategy for 2026–2030”. The campaign aims to instil a culture of honesty, transparency and ethical behaviour across all levels of education. It plans concrete reforms, including updating teaching materials and teacher training in integrity.

Kuwait’s Education Minister formed a committee to check for procurement irregularities and review 115 schoolbook printing and supply contracts for the 2025/2026 school year. The panel, comprising legal and Fatwa Department experts, will audit bids, exclusions, and deadlines, and will have one month to provide their findings and recommendations.

Libya’s Ministry of Education employs 600,000 people, but only 180,000 are active teachers, highlighting inefficiencies in the system. The acting Education Minister plans to introduce a “class allowance” to reward teachers who actually teach. Investigations also revealed widespread corruption in the printing and distribution of schoolbooks, with costs nearly halved by producing them locally.

A technical review of Ghana’s computerized school placement system is underway as the Ministry of Education seeks to boost transparency, fairness, and efficiency in senior high school admissions. The review, led by a team of education managers, ICT experts, and student and parent representatives, aims to modernize the system and restore public confidence in one of the country’s key education gateways.

Hong Kong universities face a growing challenge of admissions fraud, with police receiving 126 reports of allegedly fraudulent academic qualifications in just the first seven months of 2025. Universities reported rejecting several hundred applications suspected of falsified credentials. Authorities are introducing AI-assisted verification, rigorous checks, and anti-fraud training to safeguard higher education integrity.

Machine learning analysis found that around 10% of cancer research papers over the past 25 years, including top journals, were linked to retracted paper mill publications, rising to 15% recently. Flagged papers appeared in multiple countries e.g. China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, or Egypt, highlighting a global challenge to medical research reliability and integrity.

An Australian university accused nearly 6,000 students of academic misconduct in 2024, mostly for alleged unauthorized use of artificial intelligence in assignments. About one-quarter of referrals were dismissed, with some students waiting months for clearance. The university has since introduced training on ethical AI use for staff and students.

The Bangladeshi government plans to publish a white paper reviewing irregularities in the Ministry of Education during the previous administration. The document will cover teacher recruitment issues, grade inflation, politically influenced school listings, and infrastructure spending concerns. Current initiatives include forming a committee to appoint university leaders to improve governance and transparency.

A former acting chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), i.e. the federal agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting financial crimes and corruption, has called for anti-corruption education to be integrated into primary and secondary school curricula, emphasizing that fighting corruption requires collective effort, and collaboration with judiciary and professional bodies.