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In this video produced by UNESCO-IIEP, Muriel Poisson explains what open school data is and how it is evolving, as presented in the book "Open School Data: What Planners Need to Know» and shares her practical conclusions.

An integrity pact is a collaborative mechanism through which public entities, civil society and other relevant parties commit to enhance transparency and accountability in a public procurement process. Acting as an independent monitor, a civil society organization ensures that applicable regulation is respected, and corruption risks are addressed.

Public money must be protected from fraud and corruption, or we will all suffer the consequences. An integrity pact could help guarantee the quality of public services, through an agreement in which government, business and civil society commit to working together.
 

An integrity pact can ensure the protection of the public interest and avoid making profit for an individual in power. It means agreements where government, companies, and civil society commit to work together. An integrity pact ensures that a contract is awarded according to the law, and to the people's need.

Corruption reduces access to education – from pre-school to university. It creates low-quality learning environments, where the poor suffer the most, and undermines our collective welfare. The video aims to stand up against corruption, because it erodes the foundation of quality education for all. 

The video explains the how participatory budgeting in schools works. Participatory budgeting is a democratic process that teaches financial literacy. 

A study from the University of California reveals rankings may be distorted by the business activities of the ranker, including selling consulting, analytics and other services to universities. Findings show that Russian universities using services provided by QS, a major ranking company, have increased their positions in the QS World University Rankings regardless of improvements in the quality of their institutions.

This video is made by IIPE-UNESCO, and aims to demonstrate the power of open data in education How can educational agents promote integrity and transparency in the education sector? Open school data is a powerful way to integrate the entire educational community: they share with the public information about school funding, student and teacher numbers, school equipment, textbooks, and test scores.

A survey on plagiarism conducted by Copyleaks collected responses from 31,000 colleges and 20,000 high school students worldwide. The study shows that the largest increase in plagiarized submissions was recorded in the Netherlands, with 26% of cases before COVID compared to 45% after the pandemic, i.e. a total increase of 19%. This was followed by France (37% before vs. 49% after, i.e. - a 12% jump), closely followed by India (42% before vs. 53% after; i.e.- an 11% jump). The UK, Canada and Germany all saw a 4% increase in plagiarism cases.

This short video produced by UNESCO IIEP explores three questions: What is the Open Government project? What are the benefits of open government for education? What good practice in open government has been identified?