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  • Corruption and education: a prisoner dilemma approach

    Geetha A. Rubasundram

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  • Newspaper

    Delhi University principal accused of plagiarism

    India

    Press

    Mohammad Ibrar - The Times of India

    The principal of Zakir Husail Delhi College has been promoted to his current designation through dubious and fraudulent means. To meet the eligibility to the post of principal, he plagiarized his work, copied full papers of other authors without mentioning or giving credit. A letter of complaint signed by several academic council members has sent to University Grants Commission.

  • Newspaper

    Science teacher’s art of fraud

    India

    Press

    Pathikrit Chakraborty - The Times of India

    A science teacher is accused of working in 25 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya simultaneously for 13 months and taking home approximately Rs 1 crore as salary. The police arrested one of the multiple persons impersonating the science teacher, using her academic records. The minister of education ordered a probe into the records of all 746 residential schools for girls. A First Information Report on the charges of dishonesty, cheating by impersonation, forgery of valuable security, forgery for purpose of cheating, using a forged document, was lodged against her.

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    Exam fraud mastermind jailed for abuse of power

    Viet Nam

    Press

    Hoang Phuong & Pham Du - VN Express

    The Court convicted officials of the Ministry of Education and Public Security for involvement in fraud over the 2018 high school national exams, where over 200 students from three northern provinces of Hoa Binh, had their results modified in the high school exam. Two other people were jailed for paying bribes to alter exam scores. After the fraud was exposed, dozens of students dropped out of top universities and others were expelled after their marks were corrected.

  • Newspaper

    Challenges of confronting sextortion in Zimbabwe

    Zimbabwe

    Press

    Muchaneta Mundopa - Voices for Transparency

    Transparency International Zimbabwe reports that many students are put under pressure to have sex for good grades, but when they bravely report this, justice is often hard to achieve. Sextortion in which sex, rather than money, is the currency of the bribe is not yet legally recognized as a form of corruption most universities in Zimbabwe do not have a clear policy for identifying and addressing such cases. There is no legal framework that recognizes sextortion as a form of corruption, and the police also have a limited understanding of it.

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    Creative and silent protest highlighting instances of corruption in Albania

    Albania

    Video

    Qendresa Qytetare -

    In Albania, the Civic Resistance’s team held a creative protest called “The Exposition of Shame in Education.” Held in front of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, an exhibition protest, reflected over 25 scandals from the past 20 months, with at least one scandal occurring every month.

  • Newspaper

    Senior education officials jailed for power abuse in high school exam fraud

    Viet Nam

    Press

    Pham Du - VNExpress International

    Many senior educations officials have been arrested or disciplined for abuse of power for personal gain. Investigations revealed that the results of more than 200 students from the three provinces who took their exams had been modified. Dozens of students from the best universities were expelled or voluntarily dropped out of school after their results were corrected.

  • Newspaper

    Fraudsters target Chinese students in UK visa scam

    UK

    Press

    Chris Stokel-Walker and Shuaian Chen - The Guardian

    Higher Education Statistics reports the number of Chinese students studying at UK universities has reached record levels. In the meantime, there is also an increase in the number of Chinse students who are being ripped off by fraudsters for thousands of pounds. For fear of being deported, these students pay huge sums to scammers who act as police officers.

  • Newspaper

    University cheats could soon face jail and a massive fine under a proposed new law

    Australia

    Press

    Ally Foster - news.com.au

    “Contract cheating” is becoming commonplace in many Australian universities, with a range of easily accessed services offering to complete assignments or sit an exam for money. Some services even offer the students the possibility of choosing the type of grade, the price is adjusted according to the grade they wish to obtain. The Government submitted new legislation and the person providing cheating services to students could face two years in jail and a $210,000 fine.

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