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  • Newspaper

    Uproar over cancelled examination results

    Kenya

    Press

    David Aduda - The Nation

    Widespread cheating in the 2004 KCSE examination has been discovered. The civil society want the government to explain why it has failed to stop examination cheating. Some 1,739 candidates from 107 schools had their results cancelled for cheating. Out of this, 1,617 were found to have colluded with each other, 134 were caught with unauthorised information during the exams and another 16 were found impersonating.

  • Newspaper

    Stop theft of exam fees, demand parents

    Kenya

    Press

    Zeddy Sambu - The Nation

    The system is open to abuse because there is no counterchecking and quality assurance by the Education ministry of exam registration, marking and results. As a result, dishonest heads collected exam fees from students but failed to register them, said the Kenya National Association of Parents.

  • Newspaper

    How to teach corrupt school principals a lesson

    Kenya

    Press

    Mwai Kihu - The East African

    The cost of running schools could go down by as much as 40% if corruption is eradicated. Moreover, if the head teacher's lifestyle is beyond what is expected of his station, blow the whistle. This is bound to raise cries of witch-hunting, but it is practised effectively in the Scandinavian countries, which are the least corrupt in the world.

  • Newspaper

    Kivejinja warns Prince over fake scholarships

    Kenya

    Press

    Kirunda Abubaker - The Monitor

    The Minister for the Presidency has warned the Kimbugwe Foundation Scholarship Scheme against using the Movement's name to offer ghost scholarships to people. The foundation had selected 800 students and given them scholarships after charging them Shs10,000 each.

  • Newspaper

    Teachers arrested in South Korea

    Korea R

    Press

    Liz Ford - The Guardian

    Nearly 50 English language teachers from Canada have been arrested on suspicion of working illegally or having fraudulent qualifications. Officials put the number of English teachers working legally in South Korea at 7,800. The number of those working without the necessary documentation is believed to be around 20,000. An increase in the number or private schools is blamed for the rise in illegal workers.

  • Newspaper

    Who authorized the operation of fake medical school?

    Liberia

    Press

    - The News

    The question of who in Government that gave the so-called "fake" St. Luke Medical School the permission to operate as a medical school in Liberia is now a puzzle. The Ministry of Health, the Social Welfare and the Medical Board that should have some ideas about the function of this school, have all backed-off and threatening to prosecute the founder. The reported illegal operation of the school was discovered two months ago when it was raised alarm concerning awarding degrees on the internet.

  • Newspaper

    Malawi minister held over wedding

    Malawi

    Press

    Raphael Tenthani - BBC News

    Malawi's Education Minister has been arrested for using public funds for his wedding. The minister, now dismissed from his job, has denied the charges of having used a cheque meant to be spent on a cancelled official meeting to pay for the wedding reception at a hotel.

  • Newspaper

    Ireland warns of "bogus" institution in Malaisie

    Ireland, Malaysia

    Press

    - Agence France Presse/ World Education News & Reviews

    The Irish government has warned Malaisien education authorities against a private higher education institution located near Kuala Lumpur. According to Irish Ambassador to Malaisie, Irish International University does not offer any courses any classes in Ireland and is not an Irish university.

  • Newspaper

    MANS Presented the Third Report on Corruption

    Montenegro

    Press

    Mreza za Afirmaciju Nevladinog Sektora - Oneworld net

    In the context of the campaign "We Don't Take Bribes!", MANS presented the third report on the problem of corruption in Montenegro. The report was prepared on the basis of consultations with the citizens of Kotor. The report contains information on the perception of corruption in health, education and urban planning sectors.

  • Improving transparency and accountability through public access to school data"

    News

    Decision-makers and high-level education officials from seven countries in the region are gathering in Sydney, Australia for the start of the My School study visit. This event, organized by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Agency (ACARA) and the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), will focus on how to improve transparency and accountability in schools in the Asia-Pacific region through the use of data.

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