Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Corruption in Education: A global problem

Corrupt schools, corrupt universities: What can be done?
by Jacques Hallak and Muriel Poisson
2007, 354 p.
Price: €20


Rigged calls for tender, embezzlement, illegal registration fees, academic fraud... A Report from UNESCO's
International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) launched on 6 June in Paris shows to what degree corrupt practices are seriously undermining education systems around the world and costing governments billions of dollars. More importantly, it suggests what can be done to reduce corruption in education.