During the winter examination session at KarIU, the university administration, the Student Parliament, the «Sanaly Urpak» Student Club, the Youth Affairs Committee, the Department for Educational Work and Youth Policy, together with the compliance officer, organized a large-scale anti-corruption campaign «Clean Session».

The main purpose of the campaign is the formation of legal consciousness and active citizenship of students, intolerance to manifestations of violations of the anti–corruption legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. According to the organizers, the conviction of bribery is not an end in itself. The main intention of the initiators of the «Clean Session» campaign is to explain to the engaged students what corruption is and what its consequences may be.

As part of the «Clean Session» campaign, Karaganda Industrial University has implemented measures to ensure the objectivity and transparency of the examination session, which are aimed at eliminating informal relations and corruption in the educational environment.

During the campaign, anti-corruption propaganda was carried out at the university: in all academic buildings of the university, «Trust Boxes» for suggestions and comments are traditionally placed, the Rector’s blog is working on the official website of the university, as well as in the section of the Commissioner for Ethics and Combating Corruption Risks of the KarIU there is a heading «APPEAL OF STUDENTS ON the FACTS of VIOLATIONS of ACADEMIC INTEGRITY», where each student can ask any questions about the examination session, the corresponding propaganda posters are placed on the stands.

Also, within the framework of the campaign, a questionnaire is conducted among students for satisfaction with the quality of educational services and exams, as well as a sociological survey devoted to the study of factors of corruption in the student environment, open discussions of problems related to negative facts during the examination session are organized.

The leadership of the Karaganda Industrial University urges students, undergraduates and doctoral students to take an active part in the prevention of the fight against corruption in the university, as well as to monitor the conduct of a «Clean Session» and seek justice within their rights to quality education.