TITLE:
Corruption in Schools and Universities in Kenya
AUTHORS:
Simon Thuranira Taaliu
KEYWORDS:
Corruption, Education, Schools, University, Kenya
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.5 No.4,
April
30,
2017
ABSTRACT: In
Kenya, corruption is one of the social problems which permeate all sectors of
the economy including education. There is alleged corruption in forms of
recruitment, promotion, transfer and deployment of teachers. In schools, both
primary and secondary, there is corruption in recruitment of students in form one (especially
in the prestigious national secondary schools), supply of materials to the
schools, and in national examination. At the universities, the same repeats itself in form of tribalism and
ethnicity in employment, promotion and recruitment of students. This state of
affairs has led to major reforms being made by the Ministry of Education in
Kenya lead by the Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i. Some of the recommendations
include empowering the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), vetting of
Principals and Head teachers, and commitment on the side of the Government to
fight corruption.