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When teachers are absent: where do they go and what is the impact on students?

Recent studies on education service delivery, including the World Development Report 2004 published by the World Bank, have begun to focus on the problem of teacher absenteeism. This report provides an overview of the results of a survey on primary...

Akhmadi, Syaikhu Usman, Suryadarma, Daniel

2004
Corruption wins over schools

12.01.2004 Cameroon

Press

- Le Quotidien Mutations

The children know that they can pay to get better marks. Other methods are also familiar such as sale of diplomas, « correction » of the mark report or embezzlement of school money by the teachers.
Schools levy millions in illegal fees

06.01.2004 China

Press

Josephine Ma - South China Morning Post

An inspection of more than 100,000 schools has found that students have been charged 853 million yuan in illegal fees last year, Education Minister Zhou Ji said yesterday. He said 395 headmasters were among the 2,448 people fired or punished for imposing the fees. About 639 million yuan had been returned to parents after the inspections. Illegal charges for everything from school uniforms to field trips are rampant in many areas, prompting the government to launch a far-reaching clean-up campaign.
Improving student performance in public primary schools in developing countries: evidence from Indonesia

This paper investigates the correlates of student performance in mathematics and dictation tests among schoolchildren in Indonesia. This is the first such study to use a new nationally representative sample of Indonesian primary-school students. Our...

Suryadarma, Daniel, Suryahadi, Asep, Sumarto, Sudarno, Rogers, F. Halsey

2004
Who ate up their biscuits: PIUL in HC starts search

26.01.2003 India

Press

- The Indian Express

A petition has been sent to the Indian authorities pointing out that more than 5 lakh of primary school students in West Delhi have had no school lunch for two months; it denounces an inappropriate use of public resources.
Local capture and the political economy of school financing

This paper describes and analyses the results of an innovative survey tool to gauge the extent to which public resources actually filter down to the intended end-user. It focuses on one of the key public programs in education in Uganda, a per student...

Reinikka, Ritva, Svensson, Jakob

Washington D.C., World Bank, 2002
Corruption said to be flourishing in education

12.10.2001 Ghana, Kazakhstan, Poland

Press

- Prague Conference News

Ghana. Kazakhstan. Poland: In many countries, teachers must bribe their way into teacher-training college. Some then collect their salaries and do not actually teach; when they do, they demand bribes for students to pass exams. "Textbook racket" is also a common practice.
Corruption and its impact on education: a case in Omsk

Bribery, through money, gifts, or exchange of favors, is common in the Omsk educational system. A student is obliged to pay 15000 Rubles for the 5th grade, 10000 Rubles for the 4th grade, and 5000 Rubles for the 3rd grade entering exams. A reform of...

Fyedorova, Marina

2001
Accountability in primary education: CIET social audits: Costa Rica, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Uganda

Asked if they like primary school, the children who manage to get there usually say "yes". But their eyes darken as they start to talk about the "daily demand for money for invisible things" in exchange for an education.CIET social audits of Primary...

New York, CIET, 2001

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