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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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Examination Malpractice is caused by a number of factors all related
tomoral decadence in Nigeria. Some candidates find that cheating,
dishonesty; including embezzlement and stealing of public funds and
property do not attract the condemnation and punishment they deserve and
therefore see nothing wrong with those bad virtues. Jibril (1991) in a
contribution on incidence of examination malpractice in society,
admitted that it is a reflection of the moral decadence of our country.
Jibrin supported this by seeing examination malpractice as one of the
features of a society that nurtures cheats and mediocre and turns them
into celebrities. A lot of unemployed graduates and senior secondary
school student see examination period as an avenue for making money.
Some of them refer to the period of WASSCE and other similar
examinations as ‘harvest time’. (Newswatch Magazine May 19,2008).
The concept of examination malpractices according to Jekayinfa (2006) is discussed thus:
Dishonesty during examination
Researchers and educationists like Adesina (2006), Awanbor (2006),
Banwo (2006), Solake (1997), Olaniyan (1997), Olasehinde (1993), have
written on a number of behaviors that are exhibited by students during
examinations in order to cheat. Some of these activities are listed by
Jekayinfa (2006) with the special names they are referred to by their
perpetrators as follows:
Giraffing: This is an act of sticking out one’s neck to see another student’s answer sheet.
Abracadabra:
It is a method common in rural schools. It is a magic term connoting
the more you look, the less you see. The students will use spiritual
power so that when they go to examination hall with ‘foreign material’,
it will be seen by members of the class excluding only the invigilator.
Also, they may use the same power tomake the invigilator a living robot
till the end of the examination.
Lateral Connection: This is a
sitting arrangement whereby the “bright†student is seated in the
center, flanked on both sides by other students.
Nothing-nothing:
This involves the use of empty biro to trace information on a blank
white piece of paper. Seeing this on the table, one would think there is
nothing on the paper, but on closer observation, one would realize that
the paper is well loaded with facts related to the examination.
Livewire: This is when students have access to live question paper before the examination.
Dubbing:
This is when students copy in the examination hall either from their
partner’s paper or the material they brought into the examination venue.
Contract: This is when a student’s grade is influenced with the assistance of a friendly teacher.
Tattoo:
This is when a female/male student writes information on the tender
part of his/her thigh where they can easily adjust to reveal the
materials and can be cleared with in a second when there is a problem
(Samuel,1995).
Rank Xeroxing: This is when a student collects and writes a colleague’s answer word for word.
Computo:
This involves the use of calculators, which have facilities for
multiple entries. The invigilator may not know that it has such
facilities and may think it is an ordinary calculator.
Missile Catch:
represents answers written on pieces of papers, squeezed and thrown to a
colleague in the hall while the examination is going on.
Swapping: Exchanging answer booklets so that the bright student can write answers out for his/her colleague.
Tokens:
Jotting points on the mathematical set, razor blades, rulers, hankies
and others of the likes for referencing during examinations.
Sign Language: Using fingers and sounds as coded, for responses on objective tests.
Body Aids: Jotting points on the underwear, under dress or thighs for referencing during examination.
Mercenary Service: Employing the services of another student to write the examination.
Table Top: Writing anticipated answers on top of a desk before the commencement of examination.
CNN: Sharing questions and answers between a group for eventual connection in the examinationhall.
Time Out: Going out to the ‘toilet’ to read up answers.
Direct Access: Examiner providing ‘HINTS’ to help out during examination.
Stroke: Pretending to be sick during examination to attract examiner’s sympathy while marking.
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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 ONE - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]Purpose of the Study The main
purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of examination
malpractice strategies on student academic performance in Senior Public
Secondary Schools Ilorin West Local Government. Specifically, the purposes are to:i. Examine the factor responsible for examination malpractices among senior secondary school students;ii. Investigate forms of examinationmalpractices common among senior secondary school student;iii. Find out the eff ... 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---
