The Innovative Strategies For Public Senior Secondary Students Academic Performanc
[A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE NIGERIA.]

Table 4 above shows the mean and standard deviation results on the perception of senior secondary school students on the forms of examination malpractice in common in schoolsin Ilorin West LGA, Kwara State. The items provided answers to all the research questions. Items 1 to 15 are concerned with the forms of examination malpractice prevalent among senior secondary school students. All the items received higher mean scores than the grand mean. The standard deviations also show a good measure of agreement on the responses of the respondents. These provided answer to the question raise on student perception on the forms of examination malpractices common senior secondary students. The items received higher mean scores above the grand mean score (criterion mean of 2.50). Thus bringing in unauthorized materials,writing on currency notes tissue papers, handkerchief and identity cards, copying from other candidates (girraffing), impersonation and others are among the major forms of examination malpractice common among secondary school students. There is also a high level of agreement among respondents. The items provided answer to the second research question.
Research Question 3
3.    What are the effects of examination malpractices on Senior Secondary Schools students’ academic performance in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State?

Table 5 above shows the mean and standard deviation results on the perception of senior secondary school students on the effect of examination malpractice on student academic performance.The items provided answers to all the research questions. Items 1 to 8 are concerned with the effect of examination malpractice on senior secondary school students’ academic performance. All the items received higher mean scores than the criterion mean value. The standard deviations also show a good measure of agreement on the responses of the respondents. These provided answer to the question raise on the effect of examination malpractices common senior secondary students. The items received higher mean scores above the criterion mean score. Examination malpractices indicate a declining quality of education and this could have adverse effect on national development. It could lead to poor performances which lead to poor productivity among students There is also a high level of agreement among respondents. The items provided answer to the third research question, thus examination malpractice has significant effect on student academic performance as it tends to derail student learning intention and ability.