Exams
EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE AND ACT 33 OF 1999
By
Ven. Dr. Adams Onuka and Mr. S. A. Amoo,
Institute of Education,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Abstract
Examinations as generally observed provoke anxiety in students. Anxiety could either be positive or negative. The anxiety generated in students due to examination is a reflection of the effect of failure or otherwise in public examinations at the end of prescribed courses of study and this depends on how prepared such students are. In this paper the issues of examination malpractice form the background of discussions. The paper reports the trends of examination malpractice and assesses the Act 33 of 1999 and its implications on examination malpractice. Relevant suggestions relating to implementation of the Act were made. These include strict application of the prescribed penalties on offenders by creating the enabling environment for the full implementation of the act as well as educating the various stakeholders on its essence in order to reduce such offences. Introduction
A day could hardly pass without reading about the issue of morality in a newspaper or magazine or hearing news or stories of moral decadence exhibited either by the youth or adult Nigerians. Examination malpractice especially among the youths is spreading like hamattan fire. The news about this vice in our society is like that of HIV/ AIDS disease that continuously kills people yet, all avenues to curb its spread continue to open doors for other vices. Why the malpractices?
Why has the menace defied all known remedies? These and many other questions form the basis for carrying out this study.
Examination malpractice constitutes an offence under the Act 33 of 1999.
If bodies established by government to conduct examinations in public schools at various levels contravene the provisions of the law the same way ordinary citizens do, then there is need to ask ourselves how do we institute legal actions on various
By
Ven. Dr. Adams Onuka and Mr. S. A. Amoo,
Institute of Education,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Abstract
Examinations as generally observed provoke anxiety in students. Anxiety could either be positive or negative. The anxiety generated in students due to examination is a reflection of the effect of failure or otherwise in public examinations at the end of prescribed courses of study and this depends on how prepared such students are. In this paper the issues of examination malpractice form the background of discussions. The paper reports the trends of examination malpractice and assesses the Act 33 of 1999 and its implications on examination malpractice. Relevant suggestions relating to implementation of the Act were made. These include strict application of the prescribed penalties on offenders by creating the enabling environment for the full implementation of the act as well as educating the various stakeholders on its essence in order to reduce such offences. Introduction
A day could hardly pass without reading about the issue of morality in a newspaper or magazine or hearing news or stories of moral decadence exhibited either by the youth or adult Nigerians. Examination malpractice especially among the youths is spreading like hamattan fire. The news about this vice in our society is like that of HIV/ AIDS disease that continuously kills people yet, all avenues to curb its spread continue to open doors for other vices. Why the malpractices?
Why has the menace defied all known remedies? These and many other questions form the basis for carrying out this study.
Examination malpractice constitutes an offence under the Act 33 of 1999.
If bodies established by government to conduct examinations in public schools at various levels contravene the provisions of the law the same way ordinary citizens do, then there is need to ask ourselves how do we institute legal actions on various
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