FACTORS ENCOURAGING EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Japheth Abdulazeez YAYA, PhD; Kikelomo ADEEKO, PhD; Olawande Josephine ADEGUN

FACTORS ENCOURAGING EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Japheth Abdulazeez YAYA, PhD, Kikelomo ADEEKO, PhD, Olawande Josephine ADEGUN

Abstract

This review paper focused on those factors encouraging examination malpractices among undergraduate students. The factors that would encourage examination malpractices among undergraduate students include but not limited to the following: infrastructure decay; lack of proper teaching; truancy and absenteeism; labour unrest; poor school admission policy; inadequate staffing; and poor attitude of students towards studies. The paper concluded that in order to promote a holistic and meaningful education, it is imperative for educational institutions to implement robust anti malpractice measures, foster a culture of academic integrity, and encourage students to embrace the true essence of learning for their own advancement and the betterment of society as a whole. Also, parents, guardians, and hostel masters/mistresses should use every effort to instill discipline in their kids, wards, and boarders, and they are to refrain from taking any actions that would encourage exam cheating; the school administration should develop initiatives to deter students from cheating on exams. Besides, parents should be made aware of the dangers of participating in their children's misconduct by educating them and discouraging them from seeking out specialized facilities and other harmful resources; government should implement public awareness programs on the media as well as on social media discouraging the act of examination malpractices.

Keywords

Examination Malpractices; Academic Fraud; Undergraduate Students

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