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La Commission de l'éthique et de la lutte contre la corruption (Celc) a animé une conférence-débat le 6 mai à l'Université de Kinshasa pour sensibiliser les étudiants sur la manière de tourner le dos aux anti-valeurs. A Brazzaville, le professeur d'université toucherait 1.200 dollars Us, en Angola, 2.000 dollars Us, en Ouganda, 2.500 dollars Us. Des salaires bas peuvent "encourager" la corruption dans les établissements scolaires.

La Salle University, a religious degree-granting correspondence university, was shut down by the FBI for issuing falsely accredited degree in 1996. Due to the fraud, the students were notified personally or through advertisements that they could receive restitution from the over $ 10 million seized from La Salle. However, due to a bad computer system it is still possible that some students were left out.

In 1998, the education watchdog group from Bombay, the Forum for Fairness in Education, won a landmark case that clamped down on secretive admissions practices. The court ruled that all colleges and universities must make entrance-examination scores public, to ensure that admissions are based on merit, and not money passed under the table.