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Zero Corruption Campaign (ZCC), a civil society organisation that focuses on promoting integrity, accountability, and transparency in the services of public sector institutions, has warned the country’s school authorities to stop collecting money as additional fees for students pursuing their education in 2022/2023. The ZCC said such practices were tantamount to corruption and a deliberate attempt to undermine quality free school education.

Public money must be protected from fraud and corruption, or we will all suffer the consequences. An integrity pact could help guarantee the quality of public services, through an agreement in which government, business and civil society commit to working together.
 

The "La Escuela es Nuestra" program was launched in 2019 as an initiative of the Federal Government in Mexico with the overall aim of improving the infrastructure and equipment of public basic education schools. The project focuses on promoting participatory management, with parents and pupils. The golas of this program are to foster citizen responsibility, prevent corruption in school budget management, and promote the values of integrity. 

An academic from the International School on Transparency in Integrity 2018 talks about the “Integrity Pacts Project”. It aims to increase civil society participation in public procurement. She also mentions the main challenge of this approach.