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  • Newspaper

    Probe into alleged selling of teacher posts underway

    South Africa

    Press

    Sapa - Mail and Guardian

    A task team has begun investigating the alleged selling of teacher posts, the basic education department said on Sunday. The team has started to do its work and several interviews have been held with union's department spokesperson.

  • Newspaper

    Did Wainstein Report Whitewash High-Level Culprits In UNC Cheating Scandal?

    USA

    Press

    James Marshall Crotty - Forbes

    An eight-month investigation by former federal prosecutor Kenneth L. Wainstein has found that more than 3100 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students – almost half of them athletes — were given credit for "irregular" (read: nonexistent) classes over an 18-year period from 1993-2011 as part of a organized scheme that allowed many to remain sports-eligible.

  • Newspaper

    Doubt over quality of Italy-based journal

    Press

    - Times Live

    An academic journal accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training has come under scrutiny after failing a peer review test.

  • Video

    Teachers absent from Pakistan "ghost schools"

    Pakistan

    Video

    Al Jazeera English -

    A recent survey found that more than 6.000 schools across Sindh province are not functioning. The country has a poor record and, in some areas, one of the biggest problems is ensuring teachers’ presence at work. Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston reports from Sindh Province.

  • Newspaper

    Three months imprisonment for a student who was cheating through an ear phone

    France

    Press

    Jean-Pierre Tamisier - Sud-Ouest

    A university of Bordeaux student was condemned to three months imprisonment for having cheated several times, assisted by accomplices, during law exams. He appeared in the dock of the fifth chamber of the magistrate's court escorted by two policemen.

  • Newspaper

    Cambridge University under fresh scrutiny over Chinese government-linked donation

    UK, China

    Press

    Malcolm Moore - The Telegraph

    Revealed: university representatives met with daughter of Chinese prime minister to win donation university officials later claimed had "no link" to Chinese government.

  • Newspaper

    39 Grade 12 Pupils in Lusaka Arrested for Malpractice

    Zambia

    Press

    NSE Udoh - All Africa

    Thirty nine grade 12 pupils have been arrested in Lusaka over suspected examination malpractices. The 39 were rounded up in Lusaka's Mtendere Compound at a house where they were being guided through a leaked English examination paper.

  • Newspaper

    Are double/multiple degrees really "discount degrees"?

    Press

    Jane Knight - University World News

    The number of double or multiple degree programmes is growing and opinion is divided on whether they are beneficial or an example of academic fraud. A proper debate is needed on standards and quality so they do not become dismissed as "discount degrees".

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