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  • Newspaper

    UNISA quality audit highlights erosion of senate authority

    South Africa

    Press

    Alicia James and Sharon Dell - University World News

    The University of South Africa (UNISA) underwent a quality audit by the Council on Higher Education (CHE), which raised concerns about ambiguous roles between the Senate and Council, potentially infringing on academic authority. The audit highlighted governance issues, late registrations impacting student success, and communication gaps with students. UNISA has submitted an improvement plan to address these concerns and awaits feedback from the CHE.

  • Newspaper

    MP questions blame on Matebeleland South school for exam papers leakages

    Zimbabwe

    Press

    Leopold Munhende - New Zimbabwe

    Over 5,000 students had their results withdrawn by Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) after massive leaks. A headmaster and a teacher at Thokozani school had been arrested after they gained access to the examination papers and sold them to Zvishavane residents. However, according to a legislator, ZIMSEC used the school as a scapegoat for the examination board’s investigations to be concluded hastily.

  • Open government in education: learning from the "Auditores Juveniles" programme in Peru

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    This case study analyses how the "Youth Auditors" programme developed by the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru is implemented in schools as a mechanism for democratic participation and citizen oversight by regular basic education students in public schools. In addition, it is a tool that seeks to involve students in the improvement and monitoring of educational services.

  • Open government empowers students, from Portugal to Peru

    News

    New computers, recreational equipment, a school garden, or recycling equipment? In Portugal, students are having their say. For six years now, the Ministry of Education has hosted an open budgeting initiative – Orçamento Participativo das Escolas, or OPEscolas – reaching some 200,000 young people in 90% of the country’s public schools.

  • Newspaper

    Commission against corruption detects a subsidy scam involving the Continuing Education Development Plan

    Macao, China

    Press

    Commission Against Corruption - Government portal of Macao

    An investigation found nearly 170 residents who allegedly defrauded subsidies from the Continuing Education Development Plan, which involved over MOP1 million. Between 2016 and 2019, two staff members attracted residents to apply to the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau for the Continuing Education Development Plan and apply for subsidised courses. The centre reported untrue attendance records and colluded with instructors and students to forge attendance records while the students received cash rebates amounting to half of the subsidies paid or took other courses held by the centre for free.

  • Newspaper

    Cheating allegations force Oxford University medical students to resist exam

    UK

    Press

    Louisa Clarence-Smith - The Telegraph

    167 final-year medical students at the University of Oxford will have to resit the exam after alleged misconduct in a clinical examination. The number of investigations related to academic misconduct such as cheating, malpractice and plagiarism has increased from 35 in 2018-19, to 68 in 2019-20 and 77 in 2020-21. The university said that of the investigations conducted in 2020-21, only eight cases of alleged academic misconduct were upheld as an offence, representing a small proportion of the 55,000 exams sat, of which the vast majority were open-book exams.

  • Newspaper

    Anger over alleged cheating in medical entrance exam

    Morocco

    Press

    Wagdy Sawahel - University World News

    The National Commission of Medical, Dental and Pharmacy Students of Morocco (CNEMEP) has asked the Moroccan Ministry of Higher Education to investigate screenshots of conversations on WhatsApp groups showing medical school candidates cheating in their admission exams. The CNEMEP has announced legal and administrative procedures against the parties involved. If necessary, the exam will be repeated to give all applicants equal opportunities and protect the reputation of the faculty.

  • Newspaper

    Former Esperanza High School employee under investigation for allegedly stealing from student programs

    USA

    Press

    Daniel Langhorne - Los Angeles Times

    A former finance clerk is accused of embezzling $859,000 in funds that belonged to Esperanza High School’s student council. State auditors allegedly identified 270 checks made payable to the former finance clerk who oversaw the books while others were for two of the clerk’s relatives. According to the State auditors' bank records from 2005 to 2011, the total amount of embezzled funds is more than $1.5 million.

  • IIEP participates in the Annual International Conference for Integrity (CAII) held in Peru

    News

    At the invitation of the Comptroller General’s Office of the Republic of Peru, IIEP participated in the 2018 Annual International Conference for Integrity (CAII) held in Lima, Peru, from 6 to 7 December 2018. This annual event seeks to "create a space for discussion about different government oversight mechanisms and their latest developments around the world”.

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