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  • Newspaper

    11 booked for embezzling state fund meant for teacher training

    Nepal

    Press

    Himalayan News Service - The Himalayan

    The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a charge sheet at the Special Court against 11 people for embezzling a huge amount of money from the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) to conduct training programmes for teachers. The school administration and CTEVT officials colluded to embezzle state funds by submitting fake bills, including for never conducted trainings.

  • Social audits in service delivery: an annotated bibliography

    This paper is part of the background research for the Skeptic’s Guide to Open Government (2022 Edition) . Suchi Pande developed it with guidance from the Accountability Research Center. This annotated bibliography identifies sources on how social...

    Pande, Suchi

    Washington, D.C., Open Government Partnership, OGP, 2022

  • Why are school systems in South Asia seriously under-performing?

    South Asia countries have massively increased pupil enrolment but schools remain substandard in terms of performance. Why? This essay proposes three reasons: (i) low taxing effort, (ii) weak governance, and (iii) professional corruption. I discuss...

    Richards, John

    2022

  • Newspaper

    Exam rigging exposes Nepal’s faulty education system

    Nepal

    Press

    Diwakar Pyakurel - Online Khabar

    According to the National Examinations Board, there are many irregularities in the high school exam system in Kathmandu. While students, officials, and school administrators try to rig exams to suit their interests, guardians also use their influence to help their children cheat. The higher the pass percentage, the more the students are being enrolled the following year. Educationists and administrators alike say systemic failures have led to the perpetuation of exam rigging in Nepal, however, policy or procedural reforms might not work unless there is a change in the mindset of the people.

  • Newspaper

    Curbing corruption in Nepal's education

    Nepal

    Press

    - Asia News Network

    The year 2014 was a rather eventful year for Nepal's educational sector. Following a number of manifestations against and arrests for corruption, the Nepalese government is taking steps to curb malpractices in education.

  • Grabbing in the education sector

    The chapter focusses on multiple forms of grabbing in the education sector of developing countries, drawing on cases and research she has engaged with while working to support developing countries' education systems. The discussion of grabbing...

    Poisson, Muriel

    Edward Elgar, 2014

  • Nepal Public Expenditure Tracking Study on primary education

    The objective of this study was to conduct a public expenditure review on the education sector, especially primary education to show the level of integration of education related expenditures into the national budget in order to provide a future...

    Nepal. National Planning Commission

    Kathmandu, National Planning Commission, 2012

  • Corruption, attitudes, and education: survey evidence from Nepal

    Social norms can reduce the costs of corrupt behavior and push a society toward a high-corruption equilibrium, but what determines individual attitudes toward corruption? How does acceptance vary across different types of corrupt behavior? An...

    Truex, Rory

    2011

  • Daily lives and corruption: public opinion in South Asia

    Between 2010 and 2011, more than 7500 people were interviewed in six South Asian countries – Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – on their views of corruption levels in their countries and their governments’ efforts to fight...

    Hardoon, Deborah; Heinrich, Finn

    Berlin, Transparency International, 2011

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