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  • Newspaper

    Immoral and unethical conduct of "teachers": a few thoughts

    Bangladesh

    Press

    Quazi Faruque Ahmed - Daily Sun

    Gross moral turpitude on the part of a few teachers in the form of sexual assault on female students and deviation from professional ethics by a section of teachers in different tiers of education have become a subject matter of discussion, not only among the guardians but also with almost everyone concerned with education in Bangladesh.

  • Newspaper

    India's immense "food theft" scandal

    India

    Press

    Geeta Pandey - BBC News

    Massive quantities of food grains and fuel, meant to be distributed through the public distribution system or to be given to the poor under welfare schemes like food-for-work and school meals for poor children, have been stolen over the years and sold on the open market.

  • Newspaper

    Fears of more fraudulent universities in US

    India, USA

    Press

    Nikhila Henry - Times of India

    The allegedly tainted Tri-Valley University might not be the only US educational institution to indulge in immigration fraud. Overseas education consultants from Andhra Pradesh who have details of educational institutions in the US note that more universities have been violating immigration rules while admitting students.

  • Newspaper

    India's Education Ministry will review its corruption charges against 44 universities

    India

    Press

    - The Chronicle of Higher Education

    India's education ministry appears to have hit a snag in its anticorruption campaign. The Supreme Court ordered the federal government to conduct a review of 44 "deemed universities" that the ministry had stripped of university status last February.

  • Newspaper

    Anti-corruption curriculum is not the solution

    Indonesia

    Press

    Anita Lie - Jakarta Post

    Following a discussion with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the National Education Ministry announced a plan to include an anti-corruption module in the 2011 curriculum.

  • Newspaper

    Cheating sparks soul search over 'lazy' youth

    Japan

    Press

    Suvendrini Kakuchi - University World News

    A cheating scandal discovered among students vying for entrance to some of Japan's top universities has rocked the nation and set off a national soul search over young people and how dishonesty should be dealt with. The cheaters used a web bulletin board to ask questions while university entrance tests were underway.

  • Newspaper

    Peshawar University VC found involved in plagiarism

    Pakistan

    Press

    Noor Aftab - The News

    University of Peshawar's Vice Chancellor has been found involved in plagiarism by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) that was constituted to probe into the matter.

  • Newspaper

    How education can help create a corruption-free society

    Pakistan

    Press

    - Pakistan Today

    Nowadays corruption is not only the focus of the print and electronic media. Most parents and teachers would agree that the public education can play a role in correcting this situation. Students must be made aware of the application of the values and rules.

  • Newspaper

    Universities come under fire for doctoring accounting books to hike tuitions

    Korea R

    Press

    Kim Eun-jung - Yonhap News Agency

    Private and public universities in South Korea have engaged in creative accounting practices resulting in excessive hikes in tuition fees, the state audit agency said. Wrapping up an investigation into 35 randomly chosen universities, including nine public institutions, the Board of Audit and Inspection said the institutions had habitually manipulated their accounting books over the past five years to justify steep rises in tuition expenses.

  • Newspaper

    Korea to tighten measures to verify foreign degrees

    Korea R

    Press

    Bae Ji-sook - Korean Herald

    The government will adopt stricter measures to verify overseas academic diplomas and tighten its monitoring of universities hiring staff with such qualifications.

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