287,000 ghost students were found registered in schools under the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) programme. Schools, government officials, and NGOs are suspected to be involved in the preparation of a fake record Rs1.1 billion per year. A special audit of the funds received by PEF is being conducted and strict measures will be taken against the officers involved in this corruption case.

The Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) has suggested that the Ministry of Education (MoE) introduce anti-corruption education under religious and moral education subjects. The senior vice-chairman stressed that ‘’the most appropriate and effective way to prevent corruption is to start with the schools as it could help bring up a young generation of Malaysians who hate and reject corruption in all forms”. A study of students in 2016 showed that 16% of the respondents from local universities are willing to accept bribes and 18.5% would accept a bribe if they did not have to face any action.

As another school year begins in Afghanistan, the country continues to face insecurity, an epidemic of corruption within its education system and old customs that keep many students and qualified teachers away from classrooms. Violence and corruption are problems that can hardly be solved on grassroots level only. Increased violence forced more than 1,000 schools to shut their doors since 2016 and according to a report compiled by the country’s independent corruption monitor, corruption is “devastating” the education system and the country.

South Korea’s National Assembly last week focused on the role of the prestigious Ewha Womans University as part of its fourth round of hearings into an influence peddling scandal surrounding embattled South Korean President. Since early December the assembly has held four rounds of hearings, to gather evidence on whether the presidents close confidante used her friendship to influence policy and wrongly secure millions of dollars in funding for her foundations from South Korean conglomerates.

A recent study by the anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International's Bangladesh chapter looking into private universities' alleged "monetary irregularities" has triggered a heated public debate, with education authorities disputing the claims.

In a recent survey the organization [Transparency International] found that 49% of Vietnamese respondents perceived their education sector to be "corrupt" or "highly corrupt". Corruption is plainly evident at elite Vietnamese schools. Yet it also exists on a smaller scale, in subtler forms...

The education sector shows a slow but steady improvement in corruption index [Transparency International] over the last few years. It is a great development in an environment when corruption in all sectors of public administration is galloping at faster pace.

Corruption in Bangladesh education sector is lower than the global graft standards, said Dr. Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). Global corruption rate in the education sector is 17 per cent, while it is only 12 per cent in Bangladesh,

En dépit des progrès remarquables qui ont été réalisés ces dernières années dans le secteur de l'éducation primaire, la corruption reste un obstacle majeur au progrès, selon les déclarations des participants d'un atelier organisé par Transparency International. Les irrégularités dans la ..

The Thai Youth Anti-Corruption Network, a group of more than 4,000 Thai university students from more than 90 universities has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a "Creative For Good" best practice by the World Economic Forum.