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Stealing the future
Meier, Bettina Griffin, Michael
Meier, Bettina
Griffin, Michael
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"The likelihood of achieving the Education for All goals1 has never been as great as it is today: the international community is committed to attaining access to primary education for all children by 2015 and international aid for education is on the increase. At the same time, however, there is a shared view among educational stakeholders that these goals may never be reached on time, primarily because of the lack of instruments to curb corrupt practices in the education sector. Indeed, in a context of decentralisation, diversification, privatisation and globalisation of educational services, ensuring that funds allocated to education contribute effectively to achieving the goals set is a key concern. The work presented in this report, which was undertaken by 10 Transparency International national chapters from across the globe, represents a valuable attempt at addressing this concern. It presents first-hand information on opportunities for corruption in different education systems, and documents promising approaches for reducing such opportunities in a variety of domains, including financing, textbook production, scholarships and examinations. Some of the issues discussed, such as procurements, are of relevance to the whole public sector. Others, such as academic fraud, are more specific to education. All of them, however, plead for more transparency and accountability in the management of educational resources. The conclusions to be drawn from these studies are fully in line with work conducted worldwide on similar topics – particularly, within the framework of the international programme on “Ethics and corruption in education” developed by the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). The crucial role, for instance, played by teachers’ behaviour – both in directly reducing corrupt practices within the education sector and doing so indirectly, by promoting ethical values – is confirmed by other studies.
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2005
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