Education systems remain vulnerable to corruption through examination irregularities, examination fee embezzlement, school infrastructure projects, and teacher recruitment. Corruption in education directly undermines quality, diverts resources from instructional purposes, and perpetuates inequality by enabling wealthy families to purchase advantage through corrupt mechanisms. The Kenya National Examination Council and Teachers Service Commission have confronted repeated corruption allegations including examination leaks, fraudulent certificates, and misallocated teacher salaries. Addressing corruption requires institutional strengthening, transparency improvements, and accountability mechanisms.
See Also
Corruption Education Finance Government Examination Systems Cambridge Teacher Training Colleges
Sources
- Transparency International - Corruption in Education: https://www.transparency.org/en/tag/corruption-education
- WorldBank - Education and Corruption: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/governance/brief/anti-corruption