January 2019 Newsletter
Push for ethics and integrity into education curricula The integration of ethics and integrity into the education curriculum was a critical sentiment shared by participants at the UN-PRAC education workshop in Nadi on 11-12 December 2018. Curriculum writers and anti-corruption policy representatives from seven Pacific Island countries shared current approaches and discussed how best to enhance anti-corruption integration into their local education curricula at all levels.
only country in the Pacific to have developed a National Anti-Corruption Curriculum for primary and secondary schools. It is a partnership between FICAC and the Ministry of Education. Fiji’s pilot programme was completed in 2018 and the nationwide roll-out will commence this year.
At the tertiary level, there were representatives from the University of the South Pacific (USP), Pacific Theological College, Fiji National University and the UN-PRAC partnered with the Fiji Inde- Solomon Islands University. Lecturers pendent Commission Against Corrup- who were currently teaching ethics tion (FICAC) for this workshop. Fiji is the shared their approach.
International best practice was also highlighted. This included open access to free online products and activities at all levels, such as through UNODC’s Education for Justice Initiative, available at: www.unodc.org/e4j/. Public information activities that contribute to non-tolerance of corruption have been clearly highlighted in national anti-corruption strategies/ policies as a priority. UN-PRAC has been requested to work together with these Pacific Island countries and others that wish to make anti-corruption a priority in their education curriculum.