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  • Newspaper

    ICAC launches HK's first audio-visual package to promote moral education through liberal studies

    Hong Kong China

    Press

    - ICAC

    While the liberal studies subject will be introduced in senior secondary education in 2009, the ICAC has launched Hong Kong's first audio-visual liberal studies teaching package to promote moral education among secondary school students.

  • Newspaper

    Yushchenko pledges to fight corruption

    Ukraine

    Press

    Natasha Lisova - Associated Press

    Ukrainian university students can earn a passing grade two ways: by slogging through the books or by paying a $20 bribe. Yushchenko has decided to change this situation but the task won't be easy.

  • Newspaper

    Expenditure tracking surveys can fight corruption

    Philippines

    Press

    Dennis Arroyo - MQ7Money

    Hace unos años, la corrupción en la educación pública era tan acusada que la ratio era de un libro de texto por cada cuatro niños. Hoy en día se están llevando a cabo varias reformas y agrupaciones municipales está siguiendo muy de cerca los manuales escolares.

  • Newspaper

    Auditors rejecting AP courses syllabuses

    USA

    Press

    Jay Matthews - The Washington Post

    After being audited by the College Board's first quality-control of the Advance Placement program, some teachers have met with a surprising rejection of their courses. The results of the audit have rubbed the already bruised relationship between some high school AP teachers and the college professors who are evaluating them.

  • Newspaper

    Millions for textbooks bogged down in Afghanistan

    Afghanistan

    Press

    Heidi Vogt - Rawa News

    As a result of corruption and bureaucracy, millions of new books promised and paid by donors in 2008 were never delivered. About a third of them are still waiting to be distributed to the provinces and lots of the textbooks ordered were so poorly made that they may not last a second year.

  • Newspaper

    The Wrongs Caused by Corruption in Education

    Afghanistan

    Press

    Tao Ruogu - CCTV

    Afghanistan must now confront a problem in education: the lack of text books. Millions of new books pledged and paid for by donors have not been delivered due to corruption and bureaucratic snags. According to figures that emerged from the interviews of officials from 34 Afghan provinces, about one third of the textbooks ordered last year never reached their destination. Currently, learners have no other option than to illegally copy books that are available for purchase.

  • Newspaper

    Teachers finding a new way to cash in'

    USA

    Press

    Bill Griffeth - NBCNEWS

    The average salary for a teacher in the US is $47,000 a year. One thing that money doesn't account for is the time a teacher spends putting their lesson plans together. On the webpage 'Teacherspayteachers.com' is an open market place, teachers can sell their original course materials for instant downloads.

  • Newspaper

    Downturn brings ethics into focus

    Press

    Emma Jackson - University World News

    As a result of the increasing economic scandals, business universities and schools around the world are now interested in including ethics classes in their programs. They are concerned with idea that students are not equipped to deal with ethical dilemmas, therefore several activities that involve the analysis of the causes and consequences of the crises, visits to convicted of fraud and projects to change are taking place.

  • Newspaper

    UPE is primarily meant for poor families

    Uganda

    Press

    Ofwono Opondo - New Vision

    The President has denied the claim of schools to charge monetary lunch fee for pupils under the Universal Primary Education (UPE), arguing that this program was conceived for poor families that could not afford additional fees. Besides, he declared that the pay of un-necessary amounts of money will create additional barriers to the free UPE as the ones that already exist; expensive uniforms, books, tours and others items.

  • Newspaper

    School Year Starts, but Schools Still Not Ready

    Guatemala

    Press

    Javier Estrada Tobar - La Hora

    Against the backdrop of the ministry's policy to make education free of charge, the 2009 school year has begun, beset by shortages of supplies, lunches, furniture, and some teachers in public schools and institutions. Not only did pupils entering the schools have to take or buy their lunch but they also got an extended playtime, as the schools lacked the desks and teaching materials for the few teachers who were in place to give classes.

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