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EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES, CAUSES, EFFECTS AND SOLUTIONS.
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Examination malpractice is a canker worm that has eaten deeply into Nigerian educational system especially at the tertiary level of education. Hence, this research aimed at finding the frequency of each of the identified examination malpractice by type, gender and faculty. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study consists of all the University of Calabar undergraduates (regular programme for 2017/2018 academic session). Stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting 146 students from the faculties of the University. About 40% of the faculties were selected, where 5 % of the students were randomly selected from each of the faculties as sample. The instrument used for collection of data was an inventory called ''Students Examination Malpractice Inventory'' (SEMI). Face validity of the instrument determined by three experts in Educational Psychology and Measurement and Evaluation and had a reliability of 0.73. The collected data were analysed using mean frequency. The study revealed that, the form of examination malpractice where copying from others (collusion) has the highest mean followed by sorting (bribe) with impersonation being the least. Males were more involved in examination malpractice than females. Faculty of Education has the highest level of involvement in three types of examination malpractice followed by Faculty of Social Sciences in two types of examination malpractice and followed by Faculty of Biological Sciences that was highest in one type of examination malpractice. It was recommended among others that Faculty of Education should device means of identifying low quality applicants for admission. This may include oral tests, stoppage of homework assignments as part of the examination or continuous assessment and also objectives questions should be avoided in examination.
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