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  • Newspaper

    Georgia: Education minister determined to proceed with controversial reforms

    Georgia

    Press

    Jean-Christophe Peuch - Radio Free Europe

    Georgia: The Minister of education and science plans to reshuffle the education system of his country so as to reduce corruption in universities. One way to do this consists in standardising admission exams, under the supervision of a national organ only.

  • Newspaper

    Overseas overwhelmed

    UK

    Press

    - Higher Edge

    Unqualified international students use fraudulent documents to gain admission to universities. The Times Higher Education Supplement reported that an agent had placed "hundreds" of Chinese students in British universities.

  • Newspaper

    Russia's big test

    Russian Federation

    Press

    Bryon MacWilliams - Chronicle of Higher Education

    The government has introduced a "Unified State Examination' test in the fight against corruption. The test will weed out weak teacher, improve the quality of instruction in schools and would ease the financial burden on parents of college students.

  • Newspaper

    Slow corruption that threatens our universities

    UK

    Press

    Martin Bright - The Observer

    It is claimed that a "slow corruption" is being installed as universities are struggling for funds. Degrees are for sale and in one university a professor at a former polytechnic was found to have ordered his staff to "minimise" the number of failing students by marking up those at risk of failing because there has been a drop in applications.

  • Newspaper

    Central Asia: buying ignorance – Society bears the hidden costs of corruption

    Press

    Antoine Blua - RFE/RL

    Students pay bribes to pass exams or gain admission to universities. Social costs can be high.

  • Newspaper

    Central Asia: buying ignorance – Kyrgyz, Kazakhs lead in education reform

    Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan

    Press

    Antoine Blua - RFE-RL

    Kazakhstan et Kyrghyzstan : Students enter universities thanks to bribes. Reforms are ongoing.

  • Newspaper

    Thailand embroiled in Exam Scandal

    Thailand

    Press

    Martha Ann Overland - Chronicle of Higher Education

    Senior government officials involved in a scandal over whether university entrance examinations were leaked.

  • Newspaper

    Cheating widespread on Afghanistan exams

    Afghanistan

    Press

    Daniel Del Castillo - Chronicle of HE

    Results for university admission exams are cancelles for more than 6,000 students from Kabul and its region; the answers had been revealed and corruption affected the exam process.

  • Newspaper

    CAT and copycat. How Bihar fixes it all

    India

    Press

    - The Indian Express

    Welcome to Patna, a city that in its own strange way has married the free market to the classroom. The arrests of several peoples for leaking the question papers for the Common Admission Test for entry to the Indian Institutes of Management are only the tip of the iceberg.

  • Newspaper

    India's Supreme Court cracks down on profiteering in Higher Education

    India

    Press

    Martha Ann Overland - Chronicle of Higher Education

    In a decision intended to curb the widespread sale of seats in professional colleges, India's Supreme Court has ordered that private institutions may no longer demand the "donation" of extra, upfront fees from new students. Medical and engineering colleges now demand upfront payments of tens of thousands of dollars, from students whose test scores do not qualify them for places.

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