By Khadija Muhammad Yawale
Examination malpractice refers to all illegal means adopted by students to pass examinations either within or outside the examination hall. Examination malpractice is an unethical act because it encourages mediocrity in students who succeed through such unorthodox methods.
Examination malpractice is common everywhere and every examination season witnesses the emergence of new and ingenious ways of cheating. According to Dr Malami Umar Tambuwal, exam malpractice is any deliberate act of wrongdoing contrary to the rules.
Types of examination malpractice
Examination malpractice includes:
1️-impersonation
2️-leakage
3️-swapping of script
4️-smuggling answer scripts into the examination hall.
Forms of malpractice
1️-examination development
2️-Deliberate placing of candidates in centres and the supervision of corrupt officers
3-Ghost centres
4-Marker malpractice
Effects of examination malpractice
1-Bribery
2-Corruption
4-Certificate Racketeering
5-Erosion in the faith system
6-It causes irresponsibility
7-It breeds laziness.
Solutions to examination malpractice
1-Good parental upbringing
2-Punishment of student
3-Increment in the salaries of teachers
4-Government should encourage education
Examination malpractice has become rampant in Nigeria and continued to degrade the standard and good quality of education in the country.
This article tells you how you can help yourself to stop examination malpractice as a student.
Khadija Muhammad Yawale is of Kano Capital Girls Secondary School, Kano
