Key Practices of Bribery and Corruption in Schools

Key Practices of Bribery and Corruption observed by the Respondents, Key and area
Informants in Primary Schools, Colleges, Polytechnic, Monotechnic and University

1. Bribing lecturers, authorities to gain admission

2. Coercing female students by lecturers on sex-for-marks and the use of sex by female
students to bribe or lure the lecturers for admissions, score high and pass exams

3. Students buy gifts such as Mobile phones, sim cards, car tires and fuel for
lecturers/teachers

4. The collusion of lecturers/teachers mercenaries to influence invigilators during exams

5. Compulsory sale of Handouts by lecturers to students to pass their exams

6. Bribing lecturers by students to have good grades after exams

7. Manipulation of grades and results by teachers

8. Sitting for an examination for an absentee student that is out of the country

9. Hiring of mercenaries to sit examinations on behalf of students

10. The use of mobile phones to communicate answers during examinations through text
messages

11. Sale of bed space from its original price of N690 to N100,000, in connivance with some
lecturers and administrative staff

12. Occult students terrorize students and threaten lecturers to award them marks

13. Students are asked to contribute N20 every month for unidentified project

14. Teachers demand N5 – N10 for purchase of brooms, cane and cutlasses from pupils

15. Direct embezzlement of funds meant for infrastructure and teaching aid in schools

16. Alteration of birth dates by students in order to secure employment after graduation

17. The allocation of spots to the Vice Chancellor, lectures and staff of educational institutions

Source: Researcher’s Field Survey, 2004