Education sector
The war on corruption that the government has been waging for over a year seems to have stalled. While some of the notorious political touts are in jail, elimination or reduction of corruption in some important public sectors is not apparent. For decades, the image of public universities has gone down because of corruption and irregularities in the administration.
The root of corruption in the universities, both academic and administrative, is in the process of appointing the chief executive, vice-chancellor. The appointment of vice-chancellors in the public universities was mostly guided by political dictum, rather than excellence and ethics. War on corruption raised hopes in the public minds that the government would attempt reducing corruption by eliminating the political vestiges remaining in the topmost position in the universities. But nothing has been done in this respect so far.
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