Education Cannot Be Bargained At Your Cost

 COLLEGE ADMISSION BRIBERY SCANDALS

"In making the education means easier is a noble job"

But what if I tell you that what happens when those people who are responsible for making the future of our world by preparing the right selection of the candidates in the colleges and the different universities are actually being unethical with their job.It is hard to know where to begin with the big story of cheating and bribery in order to gain admission to elite universities.

                

United States Of America:-

You can't even believe in a country like United States Of America has experienced one of the major educational bribery scandal in 2019.In 2019, a scandal arose over a criminal conspiracy  to influence undergraduate admissions decisions at several top American universities. The investigation into the conspiracy was nicknamed Operation Varsity Blues.The investigation and related charges were made public on March 12, 2019, by United States federal prosecutors. At least people have been charged as part of the conspiracy, a number of whom have pled guilty or agreed to plead guilty. Thirty-three parents of college applicants are accused of paying more than $25 million between 2011 and 2018 to William Rick Singer, organizer of the scheme, who used part of the money to fraudulently  inflate entrance exam test scores and bribe college officials.

Singer controlled the two firms involved in the scheme, Key Worldwide Foundation and The Edge College & Career Network (also known as "The Key"). He pled guilty and cooperated with the Federal Bureau Of Investigation  in gathering incriminating evidence against co-conspirators . He said he unethically facilitated college admission for children in more than 750 families. Singer faces up to 65 years in prison, and a fine of $1.25 million.

Allegations:-

So, there were different allegations for which William Rick Singer was accused for:

• He was under allegations for bribing exam administrators to facilitate cheating  on college and university entrance exams.
• He was also accused for bribing coaches and administrators of elite universities to nominate unqualified applicants as elite recruited athletes, thus facilitating the applicants' admission.
•  For using a charitable organisations  to conceal the source and nature of laundered bribery payments.

Court documents unsealed in March 2019 detail a scheme led by William Rick Singer, a 58-year-old resident of Newport beach California. Wealthy parents paid Singer to illegally arrange to have their children admitted to elite schools by bribing admissions testing officials, athletics staff, and coaches at universities. Payments were made to Key Worldwide Foundation, a non profit organisations owned by Singer and previously granted 501 status; that status allowed him to avoid federal income taxes on the payments, while parents could deduct their "donations" from their own personal taxes. Singer offered college counseling services as The Edge College & Career Network, a limited liability company  registered in 2012, which he operated out of his home in Newport Beach.

These were the some of the sports universities which were involved in the
Educational Scandal In USA

references-(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_college_admissions_bribery_scandal)

Grgetown University[78][79]	Hoyas	Gordon "Gordie" Ernst	Men's and women's tennis	Former men's and women's tennis coach[78]
Stanford University[52]	Cardinal	John Vandemoer	Sailing	Former sailing coach, pled guilty, fired[52][75][80] and received 1 day imprisonment with time served, 6 months house arrest, $10,000 fine and 2 years supervised release.[81]
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)[82]	Bruins	Jorge Salcedo	Men's soccer	Former men's soccer head coach and former Major League Soccer player, placed on leave, then resigned[82][83]
University of San Diego (USD)[58]	Toreros	Lamont Smith	Men's basketball	Former men's basketball head coach[56]
University of Southern California (USC)[18][51][84]	Trojans	Donna Heinel	Multiple	Former senior associate athletic director, fired[51][84]
University of Southern California (USC)[18][51][84]	Trojans	Laura Janke	Women's soccer	Former women's soccer coach; pled guilty.[51][85]
University of Southern California (USC)[18][51][84]	Trojans	Ali Khosroshahin	Women's soccer	Former women's soccer head coach; pled guilty.[51][86]
University of Southern California (USC)[18][51][84]	Trojans	Jovan Vavic	Men's and women's water polo	Former men's and women's water polo coach, fired[52][84][87]
University of Texas at Austin (UT)[7][88][89]	Longhorns	Michael Center	Men's tennis	Former men's tennis head coach,[7][88] fired,[89]pled guilty.[90]
Wake Forest University[54]	Demon Deacons	William "Bill" Ferguson	Volleyball	Volleyball coach, placed on academic leave[54]
Yale University[21][48]

Indians are not also far away on breaking the record of
United States of America.

The Tamil Nadu directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) in a probe, has found that thousands of Anna University engineering graduates bribed professors who re-evaluated their answer sheets.

According to the probe conducted by the DVAC, in April-May 2017 students paid Rs 10,000 as bribe for each re-evaluated paper. Re-evaluation requests were put forwards by 3,02,380 students of which 73,333 students passed and 16,636 students were able to secure higher marks post recheck. TOI had reported in May 2016 that 40% of the candidates who applied for re-evaluation since 2011 were able to secure more marks.references-(https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/anna-university-students-jumped-from-5-marks-to-77-during-re-evaluation-process/articleshow/65258398.)

The accused, G V Uma, was in charge of exams and re-evaluation of papers for Anna University's 530 affiliated colleges. The university earned Rs 76 crore from 2011-2016 through re-evaluation.
According to reports, Uma along with nine professors, largely destroyed the answer sheets of students for whom they awarded increased marks during re-evaluation.One answer sheet that brought the scam to light saw a student jump from 5 marks to 77 during the re-evaluation process.

Some of the impacts of these kind of unethicalEducational scandals:-

There has been lots of talk about the negative effects of corruption on the education system, such as low quality education, unqualified teachers, mismanagement of public funds, excessive bureaucratic burdens and so forth. Despite the fact that these cases provide im­portant insights into the prevalence and complexity of corruption in the ed­ucation system, there seems to be little discussion on how corruption might affect students’ behaviour and opinions.

Beside a large pool of skilled labor. The world also needs a hardworking young population that strongly values work and uses its knowledge and skills to achieve the best results. Young ones should also be encouraged to be­­lieve that hard work will greatly help them to get to where they want to be in terms of their future career. However, corruption seriously undermines such attitudes and beliefs.For example, if corruption is left uncontrolled in the education system, and students are able to bribe their teachers to get good grades or pass school exams, there are no incentives for them to work as hard as they should. Exams are designed to assess students’ ability and give them the incentives to learn their subjects. But instead, they are used as a tool for teachers and students to pursue their personal ends at the expense of a high quality education.

The Missing Ethics:-

1. Honesty with the job.
2. Wrong selection of the students, not in the basis of intelligence or educational qualifications.
3. Missing the right talent.