How often are parents asked to pay bribes for education services?

Parents, members of PTAs, teachers; on-site observations

To assess the extent of corruption

Do ministers and senior civil servants in the education sectors have an obligation to publicly declare their assets and income declaration and those of their dependents before and after they leave their post?

Is there any legal body mandated to audit these asset disclosures?

Is there any requirement of public disclosure of these declarations?

Interview with relevant education officials; interview with other relevant stakeholders from education CSOs, jurists, academics (to obtain the necessary information on these questions you may want to complement the interviews with a review of relevant law)

To assess the presence, effectiveness and independence of an asset disclosure regime

Does the government publish detailed information about tender for procurement in the education sector (terms and conditions, evaluation process and final decisions)?

Is this information easily available to the public?

Interview with relevant education officials; interview with other relevant stakeholders from education CSOs, jurists, academics (to obtain the necessary information on these questions you may want to complement the interviews with a review of government publications and websites

To assess the integrity of tendering processes

Are there clear, objective, transparent and easily accessible criteria for allocating resources to schools (in the deployment of teachers and head-teachers, construction of new schools, reparation of existing schools, distribution of equipment and material, provision of cash transfers etc)?

Interview with relevant government officials (to obtain the necessary information on these questions you may want to complement the interviews with a review of relevant government publications and website as well as a review of the distribution of government budget within the sector)

To assess whether the distribution of resources is fair, based on objective criteria, transparent and equitable, or if there are clientelistic practices in the distribution of resources