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Corruption in Education Sector Report

The document discusses corruption in the education sector. It identifies several forms of corruption including political interference in teaching appointments, administrators misusing funds, and teachers demanding bribes. This corruption undermines equal access to education, prevents students from gaining needed skills, and teaches acceptance of corruption. However, transparency, accountability, and an educated public can help reduce corruption by demanding reforms and intolerance of misconduct.

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Corruption in Education Sector Report

The document discusses corruption in the education sector. It identifies several forms of corruption including political interference in teaching appointments, administrators misusing funds, and teachers demanding bribes. This corruption undermines equal access to education, prevents students from gaining needed skills, and teaches acceptance of corruption. However, transparency, accountability, and an educated public can help reduce corruption by demanding reforms and intolerance of misconduct.

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CORRUPTION IN THE
EDUCATION SECTOR

REPORTERS:
ANGELYN BAUTISTA AND
PERCILA FLORDELIZ BONOTAN
drain on the effective use
of
resources for education
2 and should be drastically
curbed”.
World Education Forum: Dakar Framework of Action (2000)
INTRODUCTION:

All parents hope for a good education for their 
children. It is the key to the next generation’s future,
particularly for the poor. It equips young citizens with the
knowledge and skills to thrive in their country's economy
and to participate fully in society. It is a cornerstone of
economic and social development, a human right under
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international law and a constitutional guarantee in most
countries.
Education gives access to better opportunities in life, higher
lifetime earnings and
social mobility. Education has a strategic importance for
development: As a public
good, it not only builds a country’s leadership, but also
4 citizens’ ethical attitudes and
behaviors. Therefore, the education sector is expected to be
particularly exemplary,
and schooling to be fair. However, the reality is very
different from that expectation in
many parts of the world.
But in reality education is often characterized by poor quality and unequal
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access. For example, a region-wide survey
of Africa’s education system showed more than 50 percent of respondents
signaling numerous challenges to getting a basic education.
Classroom overcrowding, poorly maintained primary schools, absent teachers,
lack of textbooks and supplies, and unacceptably high fees and expenses were
just some of the problems cited.

 When it comes to higher education, access in many countries depends more


on the parents' purse and social status than the talent, effort and merit of the
student. Unfortunately, corruption tends to be one of the principal reasons
behind all of these problems.
6 When present, corruption defeats the very purpose of education:
having an universal and open system based on merit and not money.
Corruption also compromises international commitments on more
equal and accessible schools, such as the targets set out in Education
for All (EFA) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In a
corrupt education system, students do not acquire the skills and
knowledge that will enable them to contribute meaning fully to their
country's economy and society. They learn from a young age to value
corruption, accepting it is a norm for them and society
1. The prevalence of
the problem

 POLITICAL
7  ADMINISTRATIVE
 SCHOOL
POLITICA
L

• 20 – 30% OF NATION’S BUDGET


• TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
• PROMOTIONS OR TRANSFERS
• They may even 'secure' teachers to campaign for
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them in the classroom during elections.
Administrative
• Ministries
• Districts
• Schools
• Misuse schools for private and commercial purposes.
• Educational material and school supplies may be sold
9 instead of being freely distributed.
• Unauthorized fees may be charged for public schools and
universities.
School
Teachers may be absent from the classroom, not
teach the required curricula or extort services
from pupils. Sexual exploitation of students by
teachers and professors is a common form of
10 corruption in many countries.
2. Education finance

Corruption occurs in the


Allocation, execution and use of government budgets earmarked for
education. Given the overall size of funding for a country's education
system, even low levels of corruption in budget management can resulting
a significant loss of public resources

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The recent decentralization of schools’ financial management
responsibilities to the local level has increased the risk of abuses,
especially when it has not been
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 Budget Allocation

Budget Execution

Use of Education
Resources
3. Examinations
and Accreditation
In higher education, new technologies and increased competition among
studentshave led to new opportunities for corrupt practices. Academic
fraud and thebuying and selling of grades and diplomas are frequent
occurrences, particularlyin Southeast Europe and the former Soviet
Union.
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 For example, bribes paid to secure admission to Russia’s universities


have been estimated at 30 billion roubles (US $1 billion in 2003)
4. Teacher management 
and classroom conduct

Corruption in teacher management includes


favoritism, nepotism, cronyism and bribery in
the appointment, deployment, transfer and
promotion of teaching staff. Corruption may
14 also occur in the payment of salaries.
CONCLUSIONS:
Public demand, adequate incentives (for teachers and
professors) and effective control mechanisms are the keys to
preventing corruption in the education sector. Well-educated
citizens who are aware of their rights and entitlements are
more likely to demand the transparency and accountability
required to raise the quality of a country’s education system.
Building civic awareness and transmitting ethical values help
15 shape social behaviors and make society intolerant of
corruption. In this sense, a good education is itself a deterrent
to corruption.
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Clear and objective criteria and regulations are needed in
education finance and management.
 Channels to denounce misconduct and corruption should be
established to encourage 'users' of education to report problems.
 Adequate control mechanisms.
 Action must be taken against perpetrators of corruption.
 The public and media should have access to financial data and
other information.
 Public scrutiny and social control are key deterrents to
corruption.
 Capacities must be built within institutions to ensure officials
and educators can apply and enforce existing regulations.
REFERENCES:
• https://www.scribd.com/document/400886449/Education-in-the-Philippines
• https://www.atositchallenge.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Meier2004corruption-in-education.pdf
• https://www.scribd.com/document/401869565/Corruption-in-Education-Sector

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