Success story
Lessons given by unqualified teachers: problem fixed at Institut Sainte-Thérèse thanks to citizen monitoring
At Institut Sainte-Thérèse (Bagira, Bukavu, Sud-Kivu), the Integrity Club reported on EduCheck: lessons given by unqualified teachers. Within 59 days and through « Advocacy », the school fixed the problem.
Institut Sainte-Thérèse welcomes its pupils every day in Bagira (Sud-Kivu). Like other schools followed by EduCheck, it has an Integrity Club: student monitors trained by the Anti-Corruption Research Centre (CERC) to observe their school with a shared questionnaire, report problems on EduCheck and talk with those in charge until they are solved.
The problem
On 29 December 2025, the Integrity Club reported the following problem at Institut Sainte-Thérèse: lessons given by unqualified teachers.
The quality of teaching depends first on qualified teachers being in front of the pupils.
The problem was published on the school’s page and sent to the school management.
The dialogue
The monitors opened a dialogue with the school management:
- Advocacy
The result
The fix was recorded on 26 February 2026, 59 days after the report.
The monitors will check the fix during their next visit; the problem will then move to « Verified ».
This success shows what citizen monitoring makes possible: a problem made visible, a dialogue with the right people and a verified solution, for the benefit of pupils.
Your school can change too
Students, parents and teachers trained by CERC monitor their school and talk with those in charge until problems are fixed.
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