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    Corruption is rampant in Northern education

    Sri Lanka

    Press

    - Time News

    The vice-president of the Ceylon Teachers Union has accused the Northern Province of misleading the education administration into corruption and bribery for years. Governors had been informed on several occasions about malpractices and abuses that took place in primary schools and notorious girls’ schools in Jaffna without any action being taken.

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    Education minister sets up panel to probe TET fraud

    India

    Press

    - The Indian Express

    Maharashtra State Council of Examination Commissioner and two other accomplices were arrested for alleged involvement in malpractices in the Teachers Eligibility Test. The fraud committed was worth Rs 4.25 crore, and the candidates were asked to pay Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh for passing the exam. A committee headed by Education Chief Secretary has been constituted to thoroughly investigate the case.

  • Newspaper

    Education in Sindh

    India

    Press

    Abdul Wahab Magsi - The Express Tribune

    Poverty, the rising rate of early dropouts, ghost schools and teachers, low pass rates in the JEST test for primary school teachers are just some of the factors at the heart of the education crisis in Sindh. The biometric mechanism put in place by the Sindh government proved to be counterproductive and has failed to compel ghost teachers to attend school: 6.5 million children are currently out of school.

  • Newspaper

    Of crumbling schools and ghost teachers

    Pakistan

    Press

    Kashif Hussain - The Express Tribune

    Government schools in the Manghopir area of Karachi are in dilapidated condition. School buildings are deprived of water, electricity, and other basic amenities. In the Government Boys Primary School Haji Mehmood Goth in Sarmastani Mohalla there is only one teacher for 137 children. Despite the biometric system, the rest of the teachers have been receiving their salaries at home for the last two years.

  • Newspaper

    Study finds corruption everywhere

    Bangladesh

    Press

    Tanzil Rahaman - New Age

    A study by Transparency International Bangladesh found secondary-level education activities, including recruitment of teachers and inclusion in the monthly pay order, plagued with widespread corruption and irregularities. To be appointed as assistant headmaster or headmaster, one needs to pay Tk 5,000 - 1 lakh bribe or Tk 3.5-15 lakh to be included in the monthly pay order. The study also found a lack of accountability in different administrative works of education officials who did not attend office in time and regularly.

  • Newspaper

    Sindh to shut down 10,000 ghost schools

    Pakistan

    Press

    Mansoor Mugheri - SAMAA

    Sindh Education Curriculum Department has decided to shut down 10,000 “not viable” or inactive schools across the province. The Supreme Court has issued orders to shut down ghost schools and act against teachers who have been receiving salaries without performing their duties.

  • Newspaper

    Seoul education superintendent probed by anti-corruption agency

    Korea R

    Press

    Shin Ji-hye - The Korea Herald

    The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials is investigating Seoul’s education superintendent for abusing his authority following the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea complaint against him. The official undermined transparency and fairness by ordering certain departments to advance the employment of five teachers who were dismissed between July and August in 2018. They had previously worked in his election camp in 2008.

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  • Webinar on the fight against corruption in education in Uzbekistan

    News

    On February 17, as part of the Avloniy Webinar Series, IIEP Programme Specialist, Ms Muriel Poisson was invited to facilitate a webinar on corruption mitigation in the Uzbek education system. It was attended by over 230 school principals, teachers, administrative staff and other education stakeholders from around the country.

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    Probe into subsidies fraud

    Thailand

    Press

    Chakrapan Natanri - Bangkokpost

    A senior teacher in Khon Kaen is accused of being involved in corruption over two government payment schemes, after 38 villagers from Ban Fang district's Ban complained that she had offered them 200 baht each to claim handouts in the We Travel Together tourism stimulus package. When the villagers tried to register for benefits under the "Rao Chana" (We Win) scheme, they found out their identities had already been used to register them for the Kon La Krueng co-payment subsidy scheme.

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