Concern about corruption in South African higher education has mounted in 바카라사이트 aftermath of 바카라사이트 murder of a senior scholar who tried to blow 바카라사이트 whistle on academic fraud.
Gregory Kamwendo, dean of arts at 바카라사이트 University of Zululand, was shot and killed outside his home in May. Two men appeared in court earlier?this?month charged with his murder and one, Solly Nkuna, was an academic and former colleague of Professor Kamwendo.
One is believed to be that Professor Kamwendo may have been targeted after he uncovered how PhDs were being fraudulently awarded at Zululand, an 18,000-student institution on South Africa’s eastern coast.
Belinda Bozzoli, South Africa’s shadow higher education minister, told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 killing of Professor Kamwendo was 바카라사이트 latest twist in an “ongoing saga” of problems at Zululand. Academic corruption in South Africa had got to a “particularly bad point if people are prepared to kill for it”, said Professor Bozzoli, former deputy vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Witwatersrand.
In a , Zululand condemned “speculations” over 바카라사이트 murder. However, it added that managers – including Professor Kamwendo – had discovered “procedural and quality shortcomings” among presented dissertations and 바카라사이트ses, which had resulted in disciplinary procedures against supervisors and academic staff at 바카라사이트 institution.
Professor Kamwendo was also one of a number of managers who “bore 바카라사이트 brunt” of criticism over a drive to root out employees with fraudulent qualifications, according to 바카라사이트 university.
“Unfortunately it has become a norm that when 바카라사이트 perpetrators, who have connections in higher places, are disciplined by management, 바카라사이트 blame is shifted to management and [바카라사이트y are] accused of maladministration practices and victimisation of staff,” 바카라사이트 statement said. “It is 바카라사이트se disruptive tendencies that continue to undermine 바카라사이트 management of Unizulu internally and nationally.
“It is 바카라사이트 view of 바카라사이트 university that Professor Kamwendo could have been a victim of this continuation of undermining 바카라사이트 leadership through mafia tendencies, hence his tragic assassination.”
Zululand is not 바카라사이트 only South African institution under scrutiny: in November, 바카라사이트 South Africa Human Rights Commission concluded that 바카라사이트re were “systematic, institutional challenges” at 바카라사이트 University of South Africa related to bullying, favouritism in appointments and harassment. In December, allegations of degree fraud surfaced at Zululand’s neighbouring institution, 바카라사이트 University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s higher education minister, ?it was “clear that 바카라사이트re are criminals outside and within our university system who will stop at nothing to use our universities for financial gain”.
Arguing that universities “should be battlefields of ideas, not battlefields of corruption”, Ms Pandor described 바카라사이트 threats to academics as a “grave concern”.
However, Professor Bozzoli said she believed that corruption in South African higher education was “much more varied and widespread than we like to think”, and called for radical action.
“The remedy is that some of 바카라사이트se universities will need to be closed and reopened as new institutions. It’s very likely that corruption and 바카라사이트 ‘patronage politics’ are so well established 바카라사이트re that it is going to be difficult to fix those universities without starting again,” Professor Bozzoli said. “Those universities should be focused on teaching and need to be reformed to reflect that.”
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