CHAPTER ONE
1.0
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background of
the Study
Presently, the world is experiencing considerable social evils
among the students and the situation in Efon Alaaye, Ekiti State is not
different.
Examination malpractices among secondary school students is one of
the greatest problem facing education industries in Nigeria today. The
cankerworm of examination malpractices as done incalculable damage not only to
our education system but also to our nation life, the economy, social life and
the general indiscipline in schools gross displacement of the talents and
wastage of our national resources are some of social vices. What then is
examination malpractice?
According to oxford advanced dictionary, examination as it relates
to education is an assessment tool used to determine the level of learning of
students and pupils’’. The results of such examination are used to effect
promotion into a new class, graduate from one course to another as base for possession
of strength and job placements.
Malpractice is wrong doing, misconduct or dishonesty, or improper
practice for personal gain. Examination malpractice is therefore the violation
of rules and regulation guiding the conduct of examination in accordance with
specified, norms set up by the examination institution. It also involves the
various methods employed by candidate to cheat before or during examination.
Examination Malpractice is not a new phenomenon in Nigeria or any
part of the world. Is as old as examination it self. Recent investigation
suggests that examination malpractices are not the hand work of candidates
alone, but a syndicated operation involving are communities, school authorities
and invigilators. Examination malpractice is an act of any instance, of
improper professional conduct. According to Longman dictionary examination
malpractice is the act of failing to do a professional duty properly,
examination malpractice is a world wide issue. It is only the degree at which
it is carried out that differs. The Nigeria especially in tertiary institution
is reaching an alarming, situation in view of this several seminars, have been
held several books have been written countless, campaign have been made all of
these are effort to stop examination malpractices and promote good student
habit in the school.
Adeyegbe,(1994) observed that the first recorded incident of
examination malpractices in Nigeria was the leakage of the Cambridge school
certificate examination of [1990] according to Omotoso [1990] this incident obviously happened 38 years
period to the establishment of the west African examination council.
Examination malpractices continued at a lower and in simple and
little from right up to the 50s and very early 6os from all indication there
were no recorded cases of connivance aiding and abetting by invigilators,
supervisor staff of examination bodies of this heinous practices.
Passing examination to secure certificate is to many people, the
main goal to school rather, than acquiring useful with demands of modern life
hence, passing examination has now become
life and death struggle’’.
One can only guess as to the causes but there is no doubt that the
civil war between 1966 and 1970 caused the slow moving value change.
The sudden wealth brought on by the discovery of crude all in the
quota to the collapse of our traditional values and the emergence of wealth no
matter how acquired as a sign of success people merely pass through education
to obtained certificate, certificate is
used as a barometer for security.
Examination malpractice has now becomes a vicious once students
get involved and go through undetected, they easily became to addicted, and
therefore fine tune critical path as means of obtaining academics success from primary to the
tertiary level.
Examination malpractices occur in its various forms through out
Nigeria and there is no state that could be exonerated from it. We are facing
an educational crisis which very few of us seem to realize in
Nigeria today.
There are various forms of examination malpractice are classifies
as ,examination leakage, impersonation, cheating collision and swooping of
script, smuggling of answer scripts, certificate, racketeering and assault of examination administration.
There many reasons why people are involved in examination malpractices the motive
for participation in organized cheating differs from one to another, for
instance, invigilators cheat solely for money while school authorities join the conspiracy out of the
desire for high performance records for their schools.
Community also involve because of the anxiety for the future of
their children and locality since good grade will ensure their indigene’s
admission in to higher institution and offer prospects for good placements.
1.2
Statement of
Problem
Examination as earlier said, is an assessment tool used to determine the level of learning of
student and pupils, the result of such examination are used to effect promotion
in to a new class, graduate from one course to another as a basis for
possession, of strength and job
placement.
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