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All universities in Vietnam must publish their financial accounts and information about educational standards on their websites by 15 April, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training told a conference in Hanoi this month.

Education agency officials denied a graft allegation in the distribution of funds from the central government and the city administration under the School Operational Aids and Education Operational Aids schemes.

Two professors at the University of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who alerted the law about embezzlement of funds, are facing the sack on the orders of the Minister of Higher and University Education.

CAMES, the 18-member African and Madagascan Council for Higher Education, has launched a database of recognised qualifications in francophone Africa. With a couple of clicks to locate a country and institution, the database gives information about diplomas, their relevant department or faculty, any available options, and how many years of higher education they require.

Nepal's Education Minister has been removed from his post amid allegations of corruption. The bribery allegations against the Minister led to international donors suspending millions of dollars in funding for schools. He denies accepting bribes from more than 1,000 teachers to secure them jobs in the schools of their choice.

International donors in Nepal on Monday suspended millions of dollars in funding. The move follows reports that the Education Minister is being investigated by a parliamentary committee over undisclosed financial irregularities. He denies any wrongdoing.

Allies of the Kenyan Prime Minister have said they will boycott cabinet meetings until a dispute with the President has been sorted. The two men clashed after the Prime Minister suspended two ministers accused of corruption - only for the President to reverse the decision hours later.

As schools re-opened countrywide last week, parents with children in public primary schools within Kisumu municipality now want the government to rescue them from the hands of rogue head teachers who have turned the schools into private academies to aid them mint cash.

Indonesia's National Board for Higher Education Accreditation has announced its determination to clean up a sector riddled with bad practices. The board has set 2012 as its target for ridding universities of unaccredited undergraduate courses.