Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there has been a general increase in corruption, affecting many economic sectors. Furthermore, corruption has become a widespread phenomenon in higher education institutions in the countries of the Independent States. All the references for the research paper will help you review the evidence and economic models on how corruption occurs and apply them in the field of education. This review defines how corruption occurs in education and draws a link between corruption and quality of education. These authors explain how the quality of higher education affects economic productivity and suggest that a university characterized by corrupt practices has sacrificed that quality. These cases of educational corruption include, among others, paying bribes for grades, purchasing diplomas, and gaining admission to universities. Any phenomenon of immoral and unethical practice is harmful when it occurs in the field of education. Indeed, it destroys the very purpose of education. Students who are accustomed to cheating on exams, after leaving educational institutions, are accustomed to looking for the simplest ways in their lives. Teachers who accept corruption show a wrong example to those who are not involved in corruption (Sahlberg, 2009). Pasi Sahlberg received a Master of Science (Mathematics) in 1984 from the University of Turku and a PhD from the University of Jyvaskylä in 1996. He has worked with numerous governments in Europe and the Central Asian region to help them improve education policies and implement comprehensive education reform systems. Since June 2007 he has worked with the European Education Foundation, in Turin, Italy, as a Lead Education Specialist producing intellectual services to governments, schools and leaders for im...... middle of paper ......h project they are the working papers of foreign authors. All authors intended in some sense to explore the existence of corruption and try to examine the causes and consequences of this problem. They surveyed enough countries to examine the situation regarding the rate of corruption in the education sector. Unfortunately, Kazakh libraries could not provide sufficient information about corruption in Kazakhstan, its causes and measures taken. Only news of corruption events were provided. However, all sources helped to consider and understand the essence of the current corruption in the education sector. Some of the causes and consequences are the same in the state compared to other countries such as Georgia. The example of Georgian citizens will be very useful to Kazakhstan in tackling this thorny path traced by corrupt organizations..