Importance of Anti-Corruption Education

Multiple aspects trigger the act of corruption. Such as greed, irresponsibility, low economic status, abuse of power in a particular position, etc. The weak governmental laws related to corruption may also contribute to the rates of corruption. However, the main reason lies in the corruptor, having low morality and discipline, which is why an anti-corruption spirit should be taught to students.

Anti-Corruption education can be integrated into the education sector. As corruption itself involves lots of different actions in various aspects, from school to society, from making false proposals to misuse of the government budget, it is vital to educate students from multiple perspectives. 

Not only understand the word "Corruption", but also the reason that triggers this act, the impact of corruption, the prevention of this crime, and also what actions should be taken to resolve corruption problems. Eradication of corruption starts by building students' discipline and responsibility.

As future generations of society, students should understand the importance of being responsible, non-corrupt, and disciplined. Lecturers can start by guiding students in doing simple acts such as not being late for class, stopping themselves from cheating, corrupting resources or plagiarism, preventing making fake absences, etc. As those actions are the basic foundation for building a non-corrupt personality.

To further educate students various types of learning should be integrated into the curriculum. The education service can either decide to add anti-corruption education as a course or to insert this topic into related courses such as civics education. This topic can be delivered to students as below: 

Firstly, is project-based learning, where students were assigned to make various projects such as presentations, research, and report related to anti-corruption. This approach allows students to further study the topic deeper, and discuss and integrate their ideas and opinions.

Next is problem-based learning, an approach exposing students to real-life corruption-related problems. Students will be required to fully understand the concept of anti-corruption to find the best solution to the problems. Critical thinking, full comprehension of the topic, and information collecting skills were important for students to be able to view the problem from various perspectives and present their findings to the class.

Group learning, on the other hand, is the approach to allows students to discuss their ideas with their peers, let students cooperate, and experience having different opinions when doing group work.

Lastly is service learning, after a student has a decent understanding of the anti-corruption topic, this method lets students apply it in the real world. Students will be exposed to a certain workplace or social service problems, learning the correlation between service/ real-life society and academic learning.

All in all the anti-corruption education not only teaches students to eradicate corruption but is also beneficial in building their character. This education can be integrated into schools and universities according to their curriculum, adjusting to their needs. Lectures should also be delivered in various ways to compile multi-perspective ideas for students. Eventually, the anti-corruption values cultured in the future generations and everyone can be excellent with morality.