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Pure conflict of interest in education/ The Deputy Minister and the Director themselves sign for the approval of their books as textbooks

2025-09-24 23:32:32Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Pure conflict of interest in education/ The Deputy Minister and the Director
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With the start of school, students have books in their hands, while since March the order for the selection, distribution and sale of the textbook catalog has been issued.

But Top Channel's research reveals a clear conflict of interest in education, with public officials being the authors of the text.

Orjana Osmani, who ordered the organization of this process in her role as deputy minister, turns out to have also signed her own name on the list of school textbooks, as the author of the 11th grade literature text.

Or even Rezarta Alla, the executor of the order in the position of general director of pre-university education, is one of the drafters of the Albanian language for 12th graders.

Pranvera Janku from the Federation of Education and Science Trade Unions says:

"Not everywhere is the selection of the right text made. Authors who did not deserve to be present in schools have won. The teacher did not select the text himself, but it came with guidance from above. Teachers are not very satisfied with the selection that is made with influence as a result of the positions they have. There are voices that say, we selected this because they told us this. This is how they harm the teaching process."

Pranvera Janku, with 35 years of experience as a teacher in the public education system, now part of the Education Federation, shows that subject committees are often fictitious and the pressure on teaching staff is great.

"The procedure is this: a commission is formed, the teachers themselves who teach that subject, but it's by vote. I'm on the ground seeing which book wins, and I've seen many books that are not at the right level ," adds Janku.

The law on the prevention of conflicts of interest prohibits public officials from receiving benefits from private engagements in decision-making in which they have a role or influence. In these circumstances, the authorship of the text brings economic and reputational benefit, when the management or supervision of the structure that has a role in school policies and standards is in the hands of senior management officials who are also part of the school catalog.

"It's not fair, this breeds corruption in education. Although there is a law, for the law to be implemented, society must be aware. Teachers must be aware too. The Ministry of Education must identify these cases and there is no reason for them to take away books they don't like," says Janku.

Experts believe that the solution is competition in the market without exerting pressure on the selection of textbooks, in order to increase the quality of teaching. / TCH


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