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Essay On Examination Malpractice

Students indulge themselves in malpractices during examination not only in the Middle East but also in some developed nations. This culture of examination cheating has been treading for a long time. This culture of examination malpractice is common in ‘O’ level as well as ‘A’ level. The reasons why students involve themselves in cheating may include; inadequate preparation for exams, heavy workload, carelessness, regarding cheating as the only option, improper supervision during the examination, teachers’ failure to prepare students and finally students’ perception that examination is the only way of succeeding in life. Students involve themselves in cheating during examinations due to heavy workload they have. For instance, some students have more units to cover during one term, and this makes it difficult to concentrate and pass all subjects hence cheating during exams. Additionally, students have more classes in a day to attend, and thus they involve themselves in cheating in the effort to cover all subjects. Moreover, where more examination papers are to be done in one day make difficult for students to revise for all papers hence cheating during exams (Crittenden et al, 2009). Some students lack trust with their minds and thus finds themselves in examination cheating. In a situation where students are …show more content…

For instance, where the teacher does not fully attend classes as per the class timetable, it makes it difficult for students to study by themselves hence cheating during the exams (Crittenden et al, 2009). Other teachers decide to send notes to students and fail to avail themselves to teach them making students cheat during exams due to improper teaching. Other teachers set exams where they have not taught their students hence making the students cheat in exams due to fear of failing in examinations (Tas & Tekkaya,

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7 Effects Of Examination Malpractices On Students

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Without exams and tests, would we find it difficult to know what we know? How do exams determine our ability to write and think? 

Exam malpractice is not something new. Just like others, we pass through different types of examinations every day; whether formal or informal, external or internal. 

The effects that follow examination malpractices could be disastrous to any student. Perhaps, it could trigger a feeling of low self-esteem regarding your academic performance but you’ll never know how threatening it might be unless you are confronted with the consequences firsthand.

So in this article, I will be talking about the effects of examination malpractices on your academic performance.

Malpractices in examination manifest as malpractice in teaching and learning. It is a deviation from the prescribed syllabus, lack of classroom discipline, absence of proper marking of answer scripts, leakages of question papers, and so on. 

The negative effects of examination malpractices on a student's academics are obvious and disastrous.  Here are some of them listed below:

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1. Erosion In The Faith System

The first effect is the erosion of faith in the system. This is because the system is perceived to be unfair. 

If the system is unfair, the students will not take the governing rules and regulations seriously.

In such a scenario, students tend to forget all about the values that the system teaches, e.g., honesty, fairness, etc. 

2. It Causes Irresponsibilities

The second effect is that students may feel that they do not have to follow all the rules of examinations just because they are being forced to do so as it has no relevance to their lives. 

They may even go to an extent of saying that the teachers are only making them follow certain rules and regulations so that they can benefit from it, i.e., get better grades. 

3. It Breeds Laziness

The third effect of examination malpractices will be on students' performance in examinations themselves. 

The students may start feeling that there is no point in studying hard as there will always be someone who will help them and do all the hard work for them.

4. It Affects Student's Study Habits

The fourth effect of examination malpractices can be very negative to a student's academics. 

This can create a domino effect, whereby the stress creates a mental block that affects the student's study habits, and the results are not satisfactory. 

This can affect their future as well as their present and in many ways, this could mean the difference between success or failure in life.

5. Inability To Defend Results And Certificates

The fifth effect of examination malpractices on students is that it could affect their future employment opportunities. 

They might not be able to defend their results and certificates before their employers leading many graduates to become unemployable.

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6. It causes Incompetence

Examination malpractices lead to poor grades. As a result of this, the individual will lose trust in himself/herself and will not be able to perform well in future assignments and tests. 

This leads to incompetence and incompetence leads to poor grades and failure in courses which could not only affect his career but also his plans and goals.

7. It Affects The Integrity Of A School Or Institution

Examination malpractices do not only affect students but also the school. 

If there are too many cases of examination malpractices that are not addressed by the school it will affect the school's competence and it will lose its ability to attract more students.

Examination malpractices are very evil acts that students use to cheat in examinations. 

The consequences of examination malpractices last a lifetime and the negative effects on a student's academics and personality transformation are lasting and real ones.

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The moral issues in the society and the quest for certificate in the face of poor academic performance has been identified as some of the major causes of examination malpractices in Nigeria. This paper reviewed the remote causes, the various types and forms of examination malpractice especially at the university level, its effects and possible ways of curbing the menace. The research findings revealed an array of factors responsible for examination malpractice in Nigeria to includes what most respondents called " wrong value system which leads to serious quest for certification instead of knowledge and skills " , Laziness, lack of preparation or inadequate preparation for examination, lack of self confidence, poor school facilities, (Lack of or inadequate examination hall) poor sitting arrangement, socioeconomic factors, political-undertone, privatization and commercialization of education, poor invigilation, weak parental function e.t.c. Attitudinal or value change from certificate acquisition to knowledge acquisition, reduction in student population per invigilator, building of examination halls to accommodate sizeable number of students with wire net windows to forestall free flow of material to and fro the examination halls and a general change in societal value system and attitude in the educational system were advocated and recommended as measures to curve examination malpractice.

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