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<p>By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa</p><div class="cAV5knBP" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>Examination malpractice a term that has become synonymous with irresponsibility and dishonesty in our society has manifested in various scenarios and for different reasons.</p>
<p>Unlike some crimes that often have accomplices justifying them, examination malpractice rarely sees its practitioners attempt to justify it. Ironically, it is one of the fastest-growing issues in our educational system.</p>
<p>Any action in an examination center that outrightly violates the stipulated rules and regulations for conducting an examination is referred to as examination malpractice.</p><div class="5ANnhv2R" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>In a bid to uncover the myth behind this practice, students, educationists, and like minds were engaged by Nigerian Tracker correspondent Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa. Below are their responses:</p>
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<p>Educationists and Students React</p>
<p>While defining examination malpractice in the context of today&#8217;s educational system, seasoned educationist Engr. Abdulsalam Ojochogwu Adejoh posited:</p>
<p>&#8220;Introducing into an examination anything that is foreign to the examination rules, principles, and instructions as stated by the examiner will be considered examination malpractice.&#8221;</p>
<p>He also noted that malpractice is not only restricted to what happens during the examination or within the venue, but it also extends beyond the examination itself:</p>
<p>&#8220;In fact, examination malpractice goes beyond the examination hall,&#8221; Engr. Adejoh emphasized.</p>
<p>&#8220;Sometimes, even after students have written an examination, they meet teachers and bribe them to escape failure. That also constitutes examination malpractice,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>He further outlined some causes of such practices: lack of preparation before an examination, forgetfulness of what one has read, and lack of discipline.</p>
<p>Although not all teachers are guilty, the educationist criticized the indiscipline of some who encourage malpractice at various levels of education:</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, in some cases not all some teachers are complicit in examination malpractice.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Such teachers would not be able to say &#8216;No, don&#8217;t do this&#8217; to students caught in the act because they have been compromised.&#8221;</p>
<p>Busari Ahmad Bolakale, a final-year accounting student, also stated that anything that goes against examination ethics is considered malpractice:</p>
<p>&#8220;Examinations have ethics and a structure of conduct according to the body overseeing them. So anything that goes against these is automatically malpractice.&#8221;</p>
<p>He explained that malpractice can take several forms:</p>
<p>&#8220;It could be through oral communication among students during exams, the use of electronic or digital devices, or even sneaking in papers.&#8221;</p>
<p>He also disclosed that teachers sometimes become accomplices when they have personal relationships with students:</p>
<p>&#8220;Some teachers often overlook malpractice when it involves students they share a relationship with.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Peter Zacham Nayan, a 300-level Veterinary Medicine student, commented on the role schools play in curbing malpractice:</p>
<p>&#8220;Schools are putting in a lot of effort to eradicate examination malpractice despite setbacks from some teachers and parents who undermine the struggle.&#8221;</p>
<p>He elaborated:</p>
<p>&#8220;Some teachers help their favorite students before and even after examinations to get marks they didn’t earn.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Parents often threaten school management when their wards are punished for engaging in malpractice. These actions undermine the schools’ efforts.&#8221;</p>
<p>Aliyu A. Kasim, a 300-level Nursing student, offered a different perspective. He argued that poverty and unemployment are key reasons students engage in malpractice:</p>
<p>&#8220;Some students fend for themselves. The struggle to make a living and sponsor themselves through school leaves little time to study. When exams come, they resort to malpractice.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Also, some feel that even a first-class degree doesn’t guarantee a job. So the motivation to study hard isn’t there. They prefer to cheat and pass rather than study.&#8221;</p>
<p>Blessing Timothy Pwanemasa, also a Veterinary Medicine student, noted that lecturers warn students against bringing phones or gadgets into the exam hall:</p>
<p>&#8220;Lecturers usually warn us not to bring phones or gadgets that could implicate us. They advise us to leave them in our hostels before coming to the exam venue.&#8221;</p>
<p>She added that check-in exercises and seating arrangements help curb malpractice.</p>
<p>Mohammed Rashidat Nasir emphasized that many students read but forget what they studied:</p>
<p>&#8220;Some students have comprehension problems. They read but forget what they studied once in the exam hall.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;While some engage in malpractice due to laziness, others do so because of a lack of confidence and fear of failure.&#8221;</p>
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<p>What Could Be the Remedy?</p>
<p>Engr. Abdulsalam recommended that schools train their teaching staff and enforce strict punishment for offenders:</p>
<p>&#8220;Schools must train their staff regularly so they are acquainted with modern educational tools.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Students must be educated on what examination malpractice is, the harm it causes, and why it must be avoided.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;There should be strict supervision to prevent communication or copying, even when students have the same questions.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Strict disciplinary actions and compliance must be enforced for students found guilty.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr. Ahmad Busari expressed optimism that if schools focus on teaching students properly, malpractice will be curbed:</p>
<p>&#8220;If schools teach students to acquire knowledge in a structured way and examine them based on what they’ve learned, it will help eradicate malpractice.&#8221;</p>
<p>In contrast, Mohammed Rashidat Nasir argued that examinations should not be conducted at all:</p>
<p>&#8220;I strongly recommend that examinations should not be conducted.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Examinations are not the best way to test students’ brilliance or intelligence.&#8221;</p>
<p>She believes the pressure to prove brilliance in the exam hall drives students to cheat.</p>
<p>Mr. Peter suggested that schools should reduce class sizes:</p>
<p>&#8220;Admitting fewer students per class would make supervision during exams easier and more effective.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr. Aliyu proposed that the government initiate programs to alleviate poverty and create jobs:</p>
<p>&#8220;If students see the benefits of studying hard and passing without cheating, fewer will engage in malpractice.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The government should create an enabling environment that rewards academic integrity.&#8221;</p>
<p>Miss Blessing recommended sensitizing students on personal values:</p>
<p>&#8220;Students should be sensitized on the virtues of responsibility, accountability, and fear of God. That way, examination malpractice will be reduced to the barest minimum.&#8221;</p>
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<p>In summary, the government, parents, teachers, and students all share responsibility for examination malpractice. Therefore, efforts to curb it must come from each of these groups.</p>
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