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The Innovative Strategies For Public Senior Secondary Students Academic Performanc
[A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE NIGERIA.]
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The over-dependence on certificate, if care is not taken would create a
situation where educational products in Nigeria are not able to perform
what is expected of them. Poor economy, with low income to meet the
ever growing human wants, could be a factor where teachers and
supervisors engage in examination malpractice. According to Olushola,
(2006), examination malpractices could be encouraged as a result of:
1)
The desire to pass at all cost: Paul (2012) agreed on the fact that
students nowadays are no longer hard working and dedicated towards their
academic endeavours. They are characterized by a desire for success and
wealth without a corresponding emphasis on legitimate means and avenues
to be used positively in achieving Success. The desire to pass at all
cost is responsible for examination malpractices.
2) Emphasis on
certificate: Nigeria’s education system is largely certificate and good
grades oriented. Students, Parents, School management and others tend to
push harder to get the certificate and good grades by all means.
Believing that this will foster the means to acquire a lucrative job in
future.As a result, much value and emphasis are placed on certificate
instead of knowledge, skills and competence.
3) Societal factor:
Itedjere (2006) sees it from the moral tone of the society: that it is a
statement of truth that the school, like any other social institution,
does not exist in a vacuum but rather within a geopolitical and
socio-milieu. Hence, behaviours are expected to conform and reflect the
acceptable societal norms and ethics and regard various functional roles
and the executions of duties and services.
Also, Okafor (1990)
blamed the society for examination malpractices. He said: in a country
where dishonesty has been enshrined by the adult sector as an idol of
worship. Children have learnt to steal with impunity, practice
examination malpractices (in all shades and forms) as a simple
reflection of the society.
4) The Teacher: The teacher is the
main focus of change and the anchor in the teaching-learning process.
Paul (2012) opined that teachers are like parents to children while they
are in schools. They are to students like a shepherd to cows.
Statement of the Problem
Examination
malpractice is one of the social problems that is disturbing the
Nigerian education sector and it requires a prompt remedy. Examination
malpractice occurs in all levels of the Nigerian educational sector but
the focus of this study is the public senior secondary education level. A
lot of failures and anomalies happen in the careers of individuals
because of the impact of the scourge of examination malpractice at this
crucial level of education. The more the government, principals,
examination bodies and other well-meaning individuals try to find
solutions to the problem, the more the perpetrators also device ways to
frustrate suchefforts. The problem is becoming more scientific by the
day; it is metamorphosing fromthe era of candidates copying from fellow
candidates to using sophisticated electronic gadgets such as cellphones
and concealed earpieces.
The problem of examination malpractice has
reduced certificates issued in Nigeria into a worthless paper, such that
a number of candidates without standing results cannot defend their
certificates. The performances of such candidates might not commensurate
to the quality of their certificates. The problem of the study
therefore is to find out the innovative strategies for public senior
secondary students academic performance in Ilorin West Local Government
Area, Kwara State Nigeria.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT coming soon ... Continue reading---
APPENDIX A - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]UNIVERSITY OF ILORININSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONDEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENTEXAMINATION MALPRACTICES STRATEGIES AND STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE (EMSSAPQ).Dear Respondent,This questionnaire is designed to collect information on examination malpractices strategies and students academic performance in senior secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area Kwara State.Your co-operation in supplying needed information is highly sought for the information collected will be use ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Post Examination DishonestyExamination
Dishonesty is not limited to examination time only. A lot of
activitiesgo on at short, medium or long-term range from the moment of
examination, which impinges on the integrity of an examination. The
following are some of the ways cheating can take place after
examination.a) Students tracing their scripts to the point of marking and seeking to and/ or successfully influencing their grades.b)
Alteration of marks which is a case where ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER THREERESEARCHMETHOD This chapter deals with the methodology used in carrying out the study. It describes the design used in carrying out the study, area of the study, the population of the study, sample and sampling techniques, the instrument used in data collection, validation and reliability of the instrument and method of data collection and data analysis.Research Design This study is a descriptive survey design aimed at identifying the innovative strategies for student ac ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Testing of Research Hypotheses This section provide detail analysis of the hypothesis formulated for the study, the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test statistics. HO1: There is no significant difference in the perception of male and female students on factors responsible for examination malpractice in Senior Secondary School in Ilorin West Local Government.Table 2 shows the result of the difference between the male and female students on factors ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER FIVESUMMARY CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONSSummary The research work was conducted to investigate into examination malpractices strategies and students academic performance in senior secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area Kwara State. A population sample of 200 students was randomly selected across 10 randomly selected senior secondary school in Ilorin West Local Government Area, Kwara State. A descriptive research design of survey type was adopted for the study; three res ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCESAdamu, H. (2008). Indiscipline in Nigeria institutions: Causes, effects and solution in Ehioruwa, A.O. (Ed). Etiology Effect and control of Malignancies in Nigeria Education, pp. 13-22. Zaria: CPSE Publishers.Adamu, M. (2001). Examination malpractice†A paper presented at the 4th Annual special and prize given day ceremony of Federal Government College, Daura, Katsina State.Adekale, A. (2003). Incidence and causes of examination malpractices among students Nigerian Journal of Edu ... Continue reading---
