چکیده:
Examination malpractice is any act carried out by anybody that defies the rules that guides a student whose knowledge or ability is being tested in a particular knowledge or skill with the aim of distorting the student’s true knowledge or ability. This article employs three classical major sociological perspectives in analyzing examination malpractice in Nigerian Universities. The structural-functional theory points out the contribution of examination malpractice in maintaining a stable social system and its negative consequences for the social system. Conflict theory reveals how examination malpractice generates various types of conflict in the social system and its role in perpetuating inequality. While the theory of symbolic-interactionism points out how examination malpractice takes place through interaction. This article explored various forms of examination malpractice including coming into the examination hall with extraneous materials, the use of mobile phones with internet connectivity, as well as plagiarism. Recommendations were suggested as it affects the role of stakeholders – students, lecturers, parents, the press, the government – in tackling/curbing examination malpractice in Nigerian Universities.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"Received 27 February 2015 Revised 26 April 2015 Accepted 19 June 2015 Examination malpractice is any act carried out by anybody that defies the rules that guides a student whose knowledge or ability is being tested in a particular knowledge or skill with the aim of distorting the student’s true knowledge or ability.
Thus, we will define examination malpractice as any act carried out by anybody that defies the rules guiding a student whose knowledge or ability is being tested in a particular subject or skill with the aim of distorting the student’s true knowledge or ability.
Theoretical Framework The paper employed the three major (classical) sociological perspectives in analyzing examination malpractice in Nigerian Universities namely: the structural-functional and conflict and symbolic interaction theories.
This implies that the phenomenon of examination malpractice cannot exist without interaction which ‘most often’ occurs in the following ways: - The student(s) approaches the lecturer and offers a benefit either in cash or kind to get a good grade.
• To buttress the fact that lecturers and others receive financial and sexual gratification with intent to assist candidates, Igbinovia (2003) noted that "students shower lecturers and others within the system with designer shirts, clothes, wristwatches, ties and shoes and lecturers also demand sex from students in exchange for grades".
" Practically, the University administration should put measures in place to protect students from harassment when they report cases of examination malpractice."