In this chapter, Greaney and Kellaghan examine the extent to which procedures to standardise the conditions under which examinations are prepared, administered and scored are observed or violated. They show that the range of individuals involved in...

This paper discusses reasons why national education systems are particularly vulnerable to pervasive corruption, forms that corruption takes within the education sector, and interventions that have been suggested for reducing corruption. It argues...

According to this paper, our concept of educational accountability is a vestige of the industrial model of education: At age five, the raw materials (i.e. the children) are delivered to the plant door by their parents; after thirteen years, they...

Les dépenses consacrées aux manuels scolaires et aux matériels pédagogiques, pour le seul enseignement de base et pour l'ensemble de l'Afrique francophone, atteignent un peu plus de 500 milliards de francs CFA pour la dernière décennie. Une telle...

Destiné plus particulièrement aux enseignants, aux conseillers d'éducation, aux chefs d'établissement et aux inspecteurs, ce second numéro des "Cahiers d'Education & Devenir", intitulé "Éthique et déontologie dans les métiers de l'éducation", a pour...

Corruption and abuse of power in educational administration in K–12 and higher education institutions are important, though neglected, research topics. As such, they might rightfully be termed our profession's “dirty little secrets.” This article...

The Korea Independent Commission Against Corruption was founded in January 2002 following the enactment of the Anti-Corruption Act in 2001, which was a response to a national call to root out corruption. It aims at ultimately shifting from the...