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  • 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

    Romanian pupils are taught about corruption

    Romania

    Press

    - Education Week

    A new anti-corruption campaign is being launched in Romania, this one aimed at students who give gifts to their teachers. A civic group and the government have teamed up to produce and distribute a guide that tells students that giving their teachers gifts such as flowers or money is "an act of masked corruption". Beginning next month, the guide will be distributed in Bucharest to high school students.

  • Newspaper

    PCCB set to inject anti-graft subject in school syllabuses

    Tanzania UR

    Press

    Pius Rugonzibwa - Daily News

    The government has launched an education plan that will see corruption becoming a subject in primary and secondary schools as well as in teacher training college syllabuses in the country.

  • Newspaper

    Teaching certificate sales may be rife

    Thailand

    Press

    Lamphai Intathep - Bangkok Post

    Up to 80 state and private universities may be involved in selling teacher certificates or offering courses without accreditation, according to authorities. The Office of the Higher Education Commission (Ohec), which is investigating a university in Khon Kaen province found to have sold professional teacher certificates to graduates, said it would widen its probe to 77 other providers which had produced an unusually high number of teaching graduates.

  • Newspaper

    A code of conduct for teachers from next academic year

    India

    Press

    - The Times of India

    The state government of Hyderabad has decided to introduce a code of conduct for teachers from the next academic year as per the directions of the National Council for Teacher's Education (NCTE). A draft version of the rules, to be followed by teachers in the state, has already been prepared by the NCTE.

  • Newspaper

    "We make your papers go away": Website has unemployed profs writing students' essays

    Canada

    Press

    Karen Seidman - National Post

    An associate dean of academic services spends a lot of time studying, lamenting and worrying about cheating in universities, but a Montreal-based online service that propels the activity to a new level made even her wince. The website unemployedprofessors.com has teachers writing papers for students. "So you can play while we make your papers go away" is its tag line.

  • Newspaper

    Nigeria: Teaching needs ethical regulation to improve education

    Nigeria

    Press

    Abu Nmodu - All Africa

    The Niger State Governor has called on the Teachers' Registration Council to go beyond the registration of qualified teachers and enforce basic ethics for teachers, as is being done in other professions. A representative of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) also stated teaching could only be a respected profession if there is standard ethics.

  • Newspaper

    Nigeria: 800 'ghost' schools uncovered in Kogi state

    Nigeria

    Press

    Usmana Bello - Daily Trust

    The Kogi State Government claims to have uncovered 800 non-existing primary schools and at least 3,000 ghost teachers on its pay roll during a recent screening exercise. The Nigerian Accountant-general who informed journalists in Lokoja of this, said that such expenditures had been draining government coffers and that counteractive measures would be taken.

  • Newspaper

    A circular consist of the code of moral conduct and common regulations for teachers

    Sri Lanka

    Press

    - The Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka

    The Minister of Education stated that it is important to formulate a teachers' code of conduct which paves the way for teachers to behave in a respective manner and to create a good teacher role in schools where they are committed to and love the children. The measure was introduced to the national school principals and the zonal directors of education.

  • Newspaper

    India's university system in "deep crisis"

    India

    Press

    Rama Lakshmi - The Washington Post

    After studying for two years to be a teacher, one student found out that the degree her school offers is worthless. It is a story being replayed across many Indian cities. Poorly regulated, unaccredited and often entirely fake colleges have sprung up as demand for higher education accelerates, driven by rising aspirations and a bulging youth population.

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