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  • Newspaper

    Academics reject draft law that ‘politicises’ universities

    Nepal

    Press

    Binod Ghimire - University World News

    The draft law on universities is facing opposition from academics who argue it allows political interference, compromising educational quality. The proposed legislation would grant political figures such as the education minister and provincial chief minister’s significant roles in university governance, contrary to calls for academic autonomy. Critics advocate for academic autonomy and a board of trustees composed of experts. The law proposes the replacement of the University Grants Commission with a High-Level Education Commission chaired by the Minister of education.

  • Newspaper

    11 booked for embezzling state fund meant for teacher training

    Nepal

    Press

    Himalayan News Service - The Himalayan

    The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a charge sheet at the Special Court against 11 people for embezzling a huge amount of money from the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) to conduct training programmes for teachers. The school administration and CTEVT officials colluded to embezzle state funds by submitting fake bills, including for never conducted trainings.

  • Social audits in service delivery: an annotated bibliography

    This paper is part of the background research for the Skeptic’s Guide to Open Government (2022 Edition) . Suchi Pande developed it with guidance from the Accountability Research Center. This annotated bibliography identifies sources on how social...

    Pande, Suchi

    Washington, D.C., Open Government Partnership, OGP, 2022

  • Newspaper

    Curbing corruption in Nepal's education

    Nepal

    Press

    - Asia News Network

    The year 2014 was a rather eventful year for Nepal's educational sector. Following a number of manifestations against and arrests for corruption, the Nepalese government is taking steps to curb malpractices in education.

  • Grabbing in the education sector

    The chapter focusses on multiple forms of grabbing in the education sector of developing countries, drawing on cases and research she has engaged with while working to support developing countries' education systems. The discussion of grabbing...

    Poisson, Muriel

    Edward Elgar, 2014

  • Challenges of right to information in South Asia

    The Right to Information (RTI) Act in South Asia has seen mixed results. This latest briefing from the Protifolon series considers the challenges and varying successes of implementing RTI in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.

    Institute of Informatics and Development (Bangladesh)

    2012

  • Daily lives and corruption: public opinion in South Asia

    Between 2010 and 2011, more than 7500 people were interviewed in six South Asian countries – Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – on their views of corruption levels in their countries and their governments’ efforts to fight...

    Hardoon, Deborah; Heinrich, Finn

    Berlin, Transparency International, 2011

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