Education

Quality Asurance: A Practical Solution To Examination Malpractices In Nigerian

Secondary Schools

Y.A. Fasasi

Department of Educational Management,

Faculty of Education,

University of Ilorin

Abstract

This paper focuses on quality assurance as a solution to examination malpractices in Nigerian

secondary schools. An examination is an instrument for decision-making on the performance and

consequently the job opportunity and educational advancement for an individual. Therefore, many

examinees would want to pass by all means, their abilities notwithstanding. Examination malpractice

occurs every year and it seems to have defied solutions. It has negative consequences on the examinees

and the education system. Using quality assurance strategy, inputs of high standard teachers, students,

facilities, curriculum and education policy into the education system would be ascertained. School

managers are to monitor the inputs and ensure proper processing so that relevant and adequate

knowledge would be acquired. Thus, this paper recommends that there should be quality inputs and

processing of all resources. It also recommends that automatic promotion should be discouraged and

that there should be moderate class-size.

Introduction

In Nigeria, education has been adopted as an instrument for national development.

Therefore, governments, communities, private organizations, and individuals have

established educational institutions with a view to training the citizens for the development

of the nation’s physical and human resources. In these institutions, teaching and guidance

activities are supposed to take place so that appropriate skills and knowledge can be acquired

by the students. Furthermore, a machinery, through which the extent of knowledge and skill

acquisition is determined at each stage of education has been set up. This is in form of

examination which would be organized in order to evaluate, assess and test knowledge and

skills. The outcome of...