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  • Civil society: A key voice in tackling corruption in education

    News

    When education is free of corruption, and a strong culture of transparency and accountability prevails, doors can open for millions of children and youth worldwide. They can access their right to quality education. To accelerate, how can the education sector join forces with civil society organizations? Education Out Loud grantees from Tanzania, Cambodia, and Zimbabwe explain how.

  • Newspaper

    Universities cancel admission of ex-minister’s daughter

    Korea R

    Press

    The Chosunilbo - University World News

    Pusan National University announced the decision to revoke the 2015 admission of the former justice minister’s daughter to its medical school because her parents doctored her credentials. The admission regulations stipulate that applicants cannot be admitted if their documentation is false, and it can be cancelled even decades after graduation if fraud is discovered.

  • Newspaper

    Right to education frauds go unchecked as schools, officials don’t press charges

    India

    Press

    Abhishek Choudhari - The Times of India

    Since its implementation in 2012, the Right to Education admissions has been riddled with fraudulent applicants. For the current academic year, the government has asked the parents for a signed affidavit claiming responsibility for the genuineness of the documents. Despite being informed of criminal prosecution if their documents are found to be fake, parents with sound background have been shamelessly lied to receive free school admission meant for those on a low income.

  • Video

    What is the purpose of "MySchool" ?

    Australia

    Video

    ACARA -

    "MySchool is an initiative that provides information in support of national transparency and accountability. The “My School” website serves as a resource for parents, educators and the community, and provides key information and figures on students and schools. 

  • Newspaper

    Why is our school admission process plagued with fraud

    India

    Press

    Varun Mirchandani - India Today

    School admissions in Delhi follow a point system based on the guidelines laid out by the Department of Education: proximity of school from the residence, presence of older siblings studying in the same school, etc. In order to ensure admission of their children into Delhi’s leading private schools, parents commit blatant forgery and fraud. The government has therefore put in place new tools to make the admission procedure more transparent.

  • Shadow education in Myanmar: private supplementary tutoring and its policy implications

    The book,presents the first detailed empirical study in Myanmar of a phenomenon that is of increasing visibility and significance in high-, medium- and low-income countries across the world. Among the students sampled for this study, over 80% were...

    Bray, Mark, Kobakhidze, Magda Nutsa, Kwo, Ora

    Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong (China). Comparative Education Research Centre, CERC; UNESCO, 2020

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