JakartaPost-May 3, 2024
A recent survey by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has found that educational institutions in the country are prone to corruption as they lack the integrity to uphold anti-graft principles. A recent survey by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has found that educational institutions in the country are prone to corruption as they lack the integrity to uphold anti-graft principles. The KPK’s Education Integrity Assessment Survey (SPI) found that schools and universities across the nation secured an integrity index of 73.7 out of 100, placing them second lowest on the commission’s five-tier scoring system. “This implies that students and teachers are prone to corruption. While some individuals may embody anti-corruption values, the majority don’t,” Wawan Wardiana, the KPK deputy for anti-corruption education and public participation, said during the survey’s launch on Tuesday. He further revealed that 67 percent of teachers and 73 percent of lecturers who took part in the study indicated that they had witnessed their peers engaged in plagiarism. The SPI also found that 49 percent of school students and 73 percent of university students had seen bribery used as a way to achieve better grades. The survey, done with the assistance of Statistics Indonesia (BPS), interviewed 82,000 respondents from 3,108 state, private and religious schools as well as universities throughout the country last year, aside from the newly established provinces of Central Papua, Papua Highlands and South Papua. The survey considered three indicators, namely the anti-corruption values upheld by students, the anti-graft principles exercised by parents and teachers and the practices of school administrators. Faulty administrators Some 21 percent of schools and 44 percent of universities were also found to have accepted bribes in return for enrolling students. Read more at: https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2024/05/03/schools-universities-prone-to-corruption-kpk-survey.html
