The Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister has been accused of hijacking the Education Transition Fund (ETF) where he allegedly set up parallel structures in a bid to divert money to finance his cash-strapped MDC party's activities.

The education sector is riddled with most instances of public corruption and irregularities in Uttar Pradesh, in the state Lok Ayukta. The irregularities relate to the alleged encroachment on the forest Gram Sabha Land and siphoning off local area development (LAD) funds by politicians. Locals are demanding a probe into the allegations.

The country's Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating the current Higher Education Minister after a number of graft accusations, and the Zimbabwe National Students Union, ZINASU, said he should resign or be fired by the President on the grounds that he was unfit to hold the portfolio.

Weeks after Germany's defense minister was forced to resign in a plagiarism scandal, three German universities say they are investigating similar complaints about the academic work of three figures from the country's political sphere.

International donors in Nepal on Monday suspended millions of dollars in funding. The move follows reports that the Education Minister is being investigated by a parliamentary committee over undisclosed financial irregularities. He denies any wrongdoing.