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Is the teacher a forgotten hero?

07.06.2010 Uganda

Press

Joyce Nyakato and Gilbert Kidimu - allAfrica

In the past, teachers were heroes and their profession was highly respected. But over the years, things have changed and the profession has become the last career resort for many students. The nation needs to go back to the drawing board in the training and recruitment of teachers, putting emphasis on ethics and professionalism.
Assessing the impact of seasonal factors on school attendance in the Karnali zone

For schools in Karnali region, approximately 83 school-days are lost each year through absences linked to seasonal events. This is nearly 38 per cent lower than the government standard of 220 school-days per year. The main problems highlighted by...

Teachers' Union of Nepal

Kathmandu, Teachers' Union of Nepal, 2010
Education Ministry Warns Would-Be Teachers of Training Fraud

29.04.2009 Bolivia

Press

- La Prensa

The pamphlet announces the opening of courses in eight colleges and asks for 50 bolivianos to be deposited in a bank account. The ministry of education gave notice that the announcement was not official. The ministry has already given a cautionary notice to the general public via the print press on the falsehood of the information that circulated through educational establishments in La Paz.
Federal funds siphoned off in Lower California to teachers working for the SNTE

14.03.2009 Mexico

Press

Antonio Heras - La Jornada

The government of Lower California wrongfully assigned 91.5 million pesos from federal funds to cover the wages of people working for the national union of education workers (SNTE) , instead of channelling it into activities of direct benefit to schools and teachers, as laid down by the contribution fund for basic education and teacher training (FAEB).
Repères pour l'éthique professionnelle des enseignants

Avec le mouvement de professionnalisation de l'enseignement, la compétence éthique est devenue une caractéristique désirée du professionnalisme dans l'enseignement. Son développement doit être amorcé en formation initiale et consolidé tout au long de...

Jutras, France, Gohier, Christiane

Québec (Canada), PUQ, 2009
Out of control? Patterns of teachers corruption in Kyrgyzstan and their implications for the study of street-level corruption control in weak states

How best to combat coruption? Who should take action?What form should the fight take? This research contributes to a better understanding of corruption control - specifically street-level corruption in weak states - by examining teacher corruption in...

Johnson, Eric M.

United States of America, Colombia University, 2008
Civic education for combating corruption: lessons from Hong Kong and the US for donor-funded programmes in poor countries

Donors are increasingly funding projects and programmes that fit under the general rubric of 'civic education'. These tend to address both targeted problems within a country and wider institutional reforms, including, for example, projects aimed at...

Marquette, Heather

2007
Three universities in Georgia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan: the struggle against corruption and for social cohesion

Universities may contribute to a nation's social cohesion through both direct and indirect means. In their syllabi they may include techniques necessary for understanding complex social problems. Faculty may model good behaviour in terms of listening...

Heyneman, Stephen P.

2007
Corruption said to be flourishing in education

12.10.2001 Ghana, Kazakhstan, Poland

Press

- Prague Conference News

Ghana. Kazakhstan. Poland: In many countries, teachers must bribe their way into teacher-training college. Some then collect their salaries and do not actually teach; when they do, they demand bribes for students to pass exams. "Textbook racket" is also a common practice.
Fighting corruption through education

This paper was developed with the aim of assisting the Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute (COLPI) in identifying and formulating a new programme line in anti-corruption measures that include a public awareness and/or an educational component...

Keen, Ellie

Budapest, Open Society Institute, 2000

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