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The Innovative Strategies For Public Senior Secondary Students Academic Performanc
[A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE NIGERIA.]
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Significance of the Study
The findings of the study would be very useful to the following
stakeholders: students, teachers, parents, ministries of education,
examination bodies and employers of labour.
All
students/researchers, who are carrying out researches on examination
malpractices and other related topics, will find findings of the study
useful. Thestudy provides useful information for the review of related
literature on the causes, types, methods, reasons for examination
malpractice, the various availablemeasuresputinplaceforstudent academic
performance inNigeria.
Findings of the study will aid the students /
researchers to have knowledge of the work that has been done by the
current researcher on student academic performance in order for them to
conduct further studies in unexplored areas.
The findings of the
study will further reveal more forms of examination malpractices, why
students perpetrate it, the various slogans student/ candidates use to
identify different forms of examination malpractices. Having the
knowledge about examination malpractice provides the teachers
opportunity to device ways to reduce the occurrence or eventually
curbit.
The Federal and State Ministries of Education being
policy makers as regards education, at the federal and state levels in
Nigeria would benefit from the findings of the study in formulating
educational policies, bearing in mind, how to stem examination
malpractice which has always led to wrong decisions about the products
of schools in Nigeria. The findings of the study would be used by the
federal and State Ministries of Education as a policy to all educational
institutions that are concerned with the administration of examinations
and award of certificates; to curb the menace of examination
malpractice in all examinations these bodies conduct in order to enhance
the validity and reliability of such examinations; which also concerns
the Ministry of Education.
The findings of the study will also be
useful to all examination bodies in and outside Nigeria in the sense
that it gives adequate information on the different new tactics
candidates’ device in perpetrating examination malpractices. The
knowledge of both the old and new tactics like smuggling in of chips and
using electronic gadgets respectively used in committing examination
malpractices should enable the examination bodies to come up with
adequate measurestopreventthem.
The employers of labour who are
the main users of school products will find the study very useful; as it
aids them to know how to device diverse employment procedures in order
to employ the right candidate for a given vacancy in a particular
office. In this way they can separatethe sheep from the goats and thus,
ensuring that round pegs are placed in round holes.
All school
administrators in the primary, senior secondary and tertiary levels will
be made to realize and nip examination malpractices in the bud. The
findings of the study should show some of the known sophisticated
methods of examination malpractices. The findings of the study would
further unfold the dangers of examination malpractices and also enable
these administrators to appreciate that, hard work alone can bring
lasting success; a philosophy that should be extended to their students.
All perpetrators of examination malpractices are expected to find the
findings of the study useful. The study would enable them to see the
need to desist fromsuch unhealthy act(s) and turn a new leaf; since the
study explains how examination malpractices destroy individuals and the
country at large.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT coming soon ... Continue reading---
APPENDIX A - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]UNIVERSITY OF ILORININSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONDEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENTEXAMINATION MALPRACTICES STRATEGIES AND STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE (EMSSAPQ).Dear Respondent,This questionnaire is designed to collect information on examination malpractices strategies and students academic performance in senior secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area Kwara State.Your co-operation in supplying needed information is highly sought for the information collected will be use ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Post Examination DishonestyExamination
Dishonesty is not limited to examination time only. A lot of
activitiesgo on at short, medium or long-term range from the moment of
examination, which impinges on the integrity of an examination. The
following are some of the ways cheating can take place after
examination.a) Students tracing their scripts to the point of marking and seeking to and/ or successfully influencing their grades.b)
Alteration of marks which is a case where ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER THREERESEARCHMETHOD This chapter deals with the methodology used in carrying out the study. It describes the design used in carrying out the study, area of the study, the population of the study, sample and sampling techniques, the instrument used in data collection, validation and reliability of the instrument and method of data collection and data analysis.Research Design This study is a descriptive survey design aimed at identifying the innovative strategies for student ac ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Testing of Research Hypotheses This section provide detail analysis of the hypothesis formulated for the study, the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test statistics. HO1: There is no significant difference in the perception of male and female students on factors responsible for examination malpractice in Senior Secondary School in Ilorin West Local Government.Table 2 shows the result of the difference between the male and female students on factors ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER FIVESUMMARY CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONSSummary The research work was conducted to investigate into examination malpractices strategies and students academic performance in senior secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area Kwara State. A population sample of 200 students was randomly selected across 10 randomly selected senior secondary school in Ilorin West Local Government Area, Kwara State. A descriptive research design of survey type was adopted for the study; three res ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCESAdamu, H. (2008). Indiscipline in Nigeria institutions: Causes, effects and solution in Ehioruwa, A.O. (Ed). Etiology Effect and control of Malignancies in Nigeria Education, pp. 13-22. Zaria: CPSE Publishers.Adamu, M. (2001). Examination malpractice†A paper presented at the 4th Annual special and prize given day ceremony of Federal Government College, Daura, Katsina State.Adekale, A. (2003). Incidence and causes of examination malpractices among students Nigerian Journal of Edu ... Continue reading---
