Prevalence, causes, and effects of corruption in school administration in Sierra Leone

Abstract

Corruption has become one of the main challenges in the implementation of education in Sierra Leone, especially at the junior high school level. The happy crease in media reports about corruption in the administration of secondary schools in Sierra Leone evidences this. Corruption, as it is felt in the academic world, is defined as the misuse of public office for personal gain. Although several aspects of academic corruption can be seen in various definitions, this definition only includes aspects of administrative services such as the provision of teaching services, without considering other aspects of intellectual corruption involving students. Given this fallacy and for this study, administrative corruption includes all forms of corrupt practices that occur in academia or school administration and which have a direct negative effect on the quality and standards of educational malpractice exams, bribery, extortion, and favoritism) that exist in Sierra Leone. Methods, data collection techniques, and analysis techniques for conclusions are discussed in detail in this article