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Thursday, April 7, 2011

#Britain's £650m aid to #pakistan is corruption risk #UK

MUCH of Britain's controversial £650million grant to Pakistan's education system risks being spent on IMAGINARY schools, teachers and pupils.

A recent study by the UN's education arm UNESCO revealed corruption is so rife that many classrooms, teachers and schoolkids for which cash is being claimed have never existed.

Government corruption investigators reported there was no point throwing any more international money at it - because it would simply be stolen.

And in Punjab - where Britain is funding an £80million programme - top education executive Dr Muhammad Arshad and several of his officials were suspended amid allegations he siphoned off millions.

Teachers have even called for the Education Minister to be sacked.

Corruption in pakistan's education is institutionalised in such a way that it has become the norm.