Examination Malpractice: Causes Andsolutions

One of the objectives of education in

Nigeria is to prepare the young ones

to face future challenges and develop

them to meet the nation ’s manpower

requirements.

Schools need to conduct examinations as

yardstick for assessment.

Examination is a formal test of somebody’s

knowledge or ability in a particular subject,

especially by means of answering

questions or practical exercises. It is also

seen as the process through which

students are evaluated or tested to find out

the quality of knowledge they have

acquired within a specified period.

Examinations could be internal or external.

It could be oral, written or both. Examples

of internal examinations are Continuous

Assessment Scores (CAS), terminal,

semester and annual or promotion

examination. Examples of external (public)

examinations common in Nigerian schools

are Common Entrance Examination for

admission into secondary schools, school

certificate examination are conducted by

West African Examination Councils (WAEC)

and National Examination Council (NECO).

The Joint Admission and Matriculation

Board (JAMB) and National Teachers Istitute

(NTI), National Business and Technical

Examination Board (NABTEB) conduct

professional examinations for teachers and

technicians respectively.

Nigeria’s education system like any other

country has its problems, lapses,

controversies and issues. Many problems

confront Nigeria educational system and

institutions. Prominent among them is the

issue of examination malpractice.

Public campaigns and enlightenment

programmes embarked on by

government and non-government

organizations on the need for elimination of

examination malpractice have not yielded

the desired results, not even the

introduction of jail terms for culprits.

Examination malpractice is a kind of

conduct that violates the acceptable laid

down rules and regulations of Nigerian

institutions. On the other hand,

examination malpractice is any wrong

doing before, during or...