Examiantion Malpractice

Causes and Effects of Examination Malpractice

Causes and Effects of Examination Malpractices

Menace of Examination Malpractice

Curbing the Menace of Examination Malpractice

Many factors contribute to this menace. They can be grouped under the following headings:

1.      Students’ Factors: First on the list here is laziness and inadequate preparation for examination. This confirms the saying, “he who fails to prepare, prepares to fail”, and since many who fail to prepare don’t want to fail their examinations; cheating becomes their only option. Others include, crave for paper qualification without relevant knowledge and experience.

2. Parents’ Factors: The fact that examination malpractice is traceable to parents is not in doubt. It is no more a news to hear of parents paying for mercenaries to write examinations on behalf of their children. Some go to bribe teachers or buy live examination papers for their children. This of course has contributed in no small way to the menace of this terrible monster. It is good and proper for parents to desire good success for their children/wards, but wrong and condemnable if they would find no way of helping them succeed other than aiding them one way or the other in examination malpractice.

3.      Teachers’ Factor: That many teachers participate in examination malpractice or encourage it cannot be argued against. It is bad enough that many students cheat because they would not study on their own, but, it is worse when the action or inaction of teachers encourage examination malpractice.  Some teachers leave their student with no option than cheating because of lack of proper teaching before examination. Some of them go to the level of collecting money from students in exchange for examination questions or papers. Many female students pay their way through to excellent grades using what some people call “the bottom power”. What a shame!

4.      National life Factor: To say that corruption has been...