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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
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.
Adverse effects of private supplementary tutoring: dimensions, implications and government responses

Private supplementary tutoring has long been a major phenomenon in some parts of East Asia, particularly Japan, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan. In recent decades it has grown significantly in both industrialized and less developed societies. This...

Bray, Mark

Paris, UNESCO, 2003
Approvisionnement en livres scolaires : vers plus de transparence

Les dépenses consacrées aux manuels scolaires et aux matériels pédagogiques, pour le seul enseignement de base et pour l'ensemble de l'Afrique francophone, atteignent un peu plus de 500 milliards de francs CFA pour la dernière décennie. Une telle...

Leguéré, Jean-Pierre

Paris, UNESCO, 2003
Nigerian students to be schooled in corruption

03.07.2004 Nigeria

Press

Festus Eriye - Sunday Times

An independent commission promotes an anti-corruption curriculum to be taught in schools and universities.
Anti-Corruption Forum inculcates whistle blowing in schools

12.09.2007 South Africa

Press

Themba Gadebe - BuaNews Tshwane

The National Anti-Corruption Forum (NACF), in a bid to combat corruption, has raised the importance of whistle blowing as part of the school curricula to create awareness amongst learners and teachers.
Case studies on the role of politicisation of education in conflict-affected countries

This report includes following chapters: Ghost schools in Pakistan; Textbook production in Pakistan; The civic education curriculum in Sri Lanka; School development committees and youth militia in Zimbabwe. Additional background resources are...

Save the Children (UK)

2010
Kenya teachers tipped on syllabus

28.05.2012 Kenya

Press

Kerubo Lornah - The Star

Malindi's deputy District Education Officer has asked head teachers to ensure that students complete the syllabus in time. He said failure by teachers to complete the syllabus early hurts the students' performance in national exams. She said completing the syllabus in time will encourage good performance and curb any irregularities in the exam.
Education sector public expenditure tracking and service delivery survey in Zambia

Through an analysis of data collected from the PETS-QSDS, this report aims to answer the following policy questions: (a) Does MESVTEE efficiently and effectively allocate its public funding to the areas most in need? and (b) What factors potentially...

World Bank

Washington, World Bank, 2015

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