U4 Theme:
Corruption in the education sector
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The U4 theme page on corruption in the education sector provides essential resources about the challenges posed by corruption in the sector with a focus on development cooperation and the implementation of aid projects. |
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The U4 theme page on Corruption in the Education sector provides essential resources about the challenges posed by corruption in the education sector with a focus on development co-operation and the implementation of aid projects. The pages have been developed by U4 based on research by Transparency International.
This brief discusses the experience of the Commonwealth Education Fund, in which budget monitoring is employed as an anti-corruption tool in the education sector. It presents its strengths and limitations - arguing for increased access to budget information and greater civil society participation in such processes.
An Education Management Information System can highlight malpractices related to anything from record keeping, teacher salaries, building new schools, and educational indicators. In 2006, UNESCO placed two experts in the Education Ministry in Sierra Leone with the task of developing on of such systems. This brief explores its characteristics and potential to mitigate corruption in the sector.
This brief, a product of a U4 workshop in Honduras in 2007, discusses from budget issues to the education law, passing by the activity of teachers' unions in Honduras. Its aim is to address the main challenges faced by Hondurans in their fight against corruption in the education sector.
This U4 Brief presents an anti-corruption experience in the education sector in Peru, undertaken by a partnership between the State (the Defensoría del Pueblo, or Public Ombudsman) and civil society (Proética, Transparency International chapter in the country).
Not much has been written about the less successful PETS experiences. This brief presents the Tanzanian experience, which clearly shows that PETS is not a silver bullet as vested interests can easily derail the process. |
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| RECOMMENDED READING |
 Transparency International (2009) This report presents a regional overview of accountability and transparency in primary education management in seven African countries. It focuses on the effects of decentralisation policies on corruption levels and increased oversight and accountability, based on the presumption that bringing the management of the sector closer to the user leads to increased monitoring and control and decreased graft and corruption. The findings and recommendations are interesting for those working to implement decentralisation in poor countries. Maximizing the performance of education systems: The case of teacher absenteeism Patrinos, H and Kagia, R (2007) Teachers correspond to the most important feature of the education system, not only because their salaries account for most of expenditures in such sector but also because they are the gatekeepers of education service.Teachers’ absenteeism is associated with a reduction of pupils' achievement, overall denigration of school’s performance as well as the provision of negative models to students. Therefore, losses associated with it pose a threat to the country’s growth potential. This paper presents various findings and and studies, as well as strategies and examples on how to combat absenteeism Guidelines for the design and effective use of teacher codes of conducts Poisson, M (2009) To increase the professionalization of teacher, several countries have developed codes of conduct in the education sector. But even when such codes exist, their impact is sometimes questionable due to a variety of reasons. UNESCO has developed comprehensive guidelines not only to guide countries willing to design (or review) their code but also to implement and monitor how the code is used at all levels in the sector, including its integration into teachers’ education and professional development. |
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The Higher Education Corruption Monitor Academic Corruption in The News:
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