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  • Newspaper

    Surrogate test takers proliferate in English exams

    China

    Press

    - World Education News & Reviews

    An increasing number of college students in China are hiring surrogates to take English-language examinations for them. The business of hiring a "gunman" is growing at an unprecedented rate on campuses. In order to graduate from a bachelor's program, all students are required to pass English proficiency exams know as the College English Test Level 4. Fees for a pass in the CET-4 are around US$120. Many of the ads are placed by agencies which also propose tests such as TOEFL and IELTS, for which agencies charge as much as $1,500 for a pass.

  • 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

    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.

  • Corruption in China's higher education system: a malignant tumor

    Since the 1990s, corruption has seriously threatened mainland China's universities in their teaching, research, service to society, and international links and exchanges. The scale of corruption pertains to almost all aspects of higher education. Yet...

    Yang, Rui

    Chestnut Hill, MA, USA, Center for International Higher Education, 2005

  • Ethics and corruption in education: an overview

    Recent surveys suggest that leakage of funds from ministries of education to schools represent more than 80 per cent of the total sums allocated for non salary expenditures in some countries; bribes and payoffs in teacher recruitment and promotion...

    Hallak, Jacques, Poisson, Muriel

    2005

  • Newspaper

    Central Asia: buying ignorance – Corruption in education widespread, corrosive

    Tajikistan

    Press

    Kathleen Moore - RFE/RL

    A university student describes how she bought a good grade.

  • Newspaper

    China arrests teachers over exam cheating allegations

    China

    Press

    - The Associated Press

    Corruption is a widespread problem; exam cheating is on the rise with technologies such as cell phones.

  • 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.

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