To Identify the Techniques of Malpractices in Examinations Adopted by High and Senior Secondary School Students at School and Board Examinations Stage as Perceived by (i) Senior Secondary School Students; (ii) Senior Secondary School Teachers; and (iii) C

Abstract

From the east to the west, north south the menace of examination malpractice is echoed in all the nooks and crannies of our country. The disease has eaten deep at all levels of our educational system ranging from the tertiary institution down to the primary level. The malady seems incurable because virtually all citizens in one way or the other are involved in this educational malaise. The youths believe they cannot be successful in examinations without this malpractice. Examination malpractice is defined as a deliberate wrong doing contrary to official examination rules designed to place a candidate at an unfair advantage or disadvantage. It comes in different forms like the leakage of examination papers prior to examinations, impersonation, external assistance, writing the answers on the blackboard dictation during examinations, illegal candidates, electronic assistance using phones, pagers etc, smuggling whitepaper into the hall, reproduction of another candidate‟s work with or without permission, inadequate spacing, lax supervision and inflation or reduction of a candidate‟s original mark by those who grade the scripts. Laziness, inadequate preparation for examinations, pupils not taking their studies seriously, indolence, depending on fraudulent means to make it without any hard work, and all of this is done with the support of unscrupulous parents and a corrupt system of national life. These are the root causes of this tragedy.