Azarov Decided to Fight Corruption in HEIs

Monday, 30 January 2012

Prime Minister Mykola Azarov believes that the legislation on Higher Education needs to include a special section on fighting corruption in establishments of higher education (HEIs).

The government’s Press Service announced that Mr. Azarov made this comment on the social networking site Facebook.

“The On Higher Education law should contain a special section dedicated to fighting corruption in HEIs.  Corruption in HEIs affects the quality of education.  Consider a medical student who was given an excellent grade on his anatomy exam in exchange for a bribe.  This is a problem, and we have to think of how to resolve it in the legislation,” said Mr. Azarov.

The Prime Minister announced that a work group has been formed which will revise the proposed legislation on higher education.

“In 10 days they should detail how they revised this bill.  After that it will be reviewed at a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers.  If the Cabinet of Ministers approves all the proposed changes, we will send the revised version of the bill to Parliament,” he stated.

Ukrayinska Pravda