Abstract

This paper examines the level of corruption in educational system focusing on the private secondary schools in Nigeria The paper argues that corruption is a general disease within the private school proprietors policymakers examination councils teachers supervisors and invigilators and above all leads to the abuse of teaching as a profession like other professional bodies in Nigeria In all human societies particularly the modern ones education therefore remains one of the most powerful instruments for both the development of man and transformation of the human society However the efficacy and efficiency of education as an instrument of transformation depends entirely on how all the stakeholders students as individual s parents teachers proprietors of private schools policymakers examination council ministry of education and the government manage execute and implement policy on education meant for the upliftment of educational sector In this study the factors types costs causes of corruption and challenges facing private secondary schools were examined Solutions and strategies to tackle the challenges were also examined