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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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Post Examination Dishonesty
Examination
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 the initials core earned by a
student is altered in order to enhance the academics standing of the
student.
c) In public school examinations, some candidates even
trace their results to the last point of call; that is the computer
rooms where marks are stored for final processing and grading. Awanbor
(2006) while elaborating on the wide spread
natureandscopeofpostexaminationcheating,revealedthatparentsand/orschool
examinationauthoritiesgocashinhandafterexaminationhavebeenwrittenwiththe
motive to influence the score of their wards. He remarked that in some
cases, mark sheets are blatantly mutilated, the score altered to the
bargained price an level in order to provide soft landing for the
candidate in the quest for brilliant certificate for selection into
higher institution of learning.
d) Swapping of answer scripts; the
answers written by the examination mercenaries are smuggled into the
examination hall and replaced with the actual scripts. This, according
to Awanbor (2006), is the most violent means of dishonesty in an
examination because of the unruly atmosphere created by the candidate
and theiragentstoexecutethisplan.
However, many factors have been
reported to be the causes for examination dishonesty in Nigerian
schools. These had been discussed in various dimensions by researchers
like paye (1982), Adeyinka (1993), Olasehinde (1993), Adesina (2006) and
Banwo (2006). All these causes have also been highlighted by Jekayinfa
(2006) to include:
Pressure to obtain good grades, the fear of
failure, unprepared ness by students, too much emphasis on paper
qualification, desire to meet societal and parental expectations,
accessibility to question papers, inadequate time and facilities for
study, crowded work load, unannounced tests, poor instructions, lack of
proper supervision, pressure by peers to cheat, poor course materials,
in ability to cope with school work, lack of understanding of questions,
questions not relevant to topic taught, too difficult examination
questions, lack of confidence in one’s ability, indolence of teachers
and students, inadequate coverage of syllabus/course study, poor
counseling services and influence of peer groups. In most of the studies
conducted on examination malpractices in schools, there is a consensus
that the two greatest causes of examination malpractice were and are
still the fear of failure and too much emphasis, which the government
and society attach to paper qualification.
Accord into Jekayinfa
(2006) The Nigerian government, inorder to curtail the trends of
examination cheating in schools, has made some laws and these law sare:
i.
Decree27of1973ontheWestAfricanSeniorSchoolCertificateExamination
(WASSCE)which prescribed two years jail term for offenders.
ii. Decree 20 of the1984 amended by Decree 22 of 1986.
iii. Decree 33 of 1999 which prescribed 21 years jail term for any offender.
All these penal codes made by the military have not been implemented.
No offender on record is known to have been tried under any of these
decrees. It has been observed that the decrees/laws are too draconian,
un-reformative and hence, un-foreseeable. So, there is the need to curb
examination cheating through some other ways like teaching of value
education in Nigerian schools.
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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 ONE - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]Purpose of the Study The main
purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of examination
malpractice strategies on student academic performance in Senior Public
Secondary Schools Ilorin West Local Government. Specifically, the purposes are to:i. Examine the factor responsible for examination malpractices among senior secondary school students;ii. Investigate forms of examinationmalpractices common among senior secondary school student;iii. Find out the eff ... 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---
