Causes of examination malpractice
PARENTS’ FAILURE TO BE RESPONSIBLE
It is part of parents’ work to train their children on how to be self-dependent and also to build a level of confidence in their children. Parents can’t be exempted from this social wrong because they also contribute to this problem.
Some parents’ don’t care about the academic progress of their children, some are even ignorant on the proficiency of their children in a subject. There should be a level of awareness parents must have about their children, so that they can find solutions to any area they are having issues.
FAULTY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
One of the results of the faulty educational system is the kind of schools we have now in our society and bad educational policies made by the government. Most of these schools are run by business men that are only interested in making money and not what their school can impact on the students.
The kind of teachers employed by these schools are of low quality because of their inability to pay for professionals, this will definitely affect the performance of students in any exam. Some of these schools are even malpractice center, they encourage their students to engage in malpractice.
There is no other way to success in the examination when students don’t have the required knowledge to pass. Those that will impact that knowledge are not well paid and well taken care of. Educational policy is getting worse day by day. This has a direct impact on the students and is creating fear in them, because of fear, many students have resulted into malpractice as a means of escape.
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR
The kind of environment we live in now celebrate examination-malpractice and see nothing wrong with it. The environment has a way of molding and influencing a child. And children are quick in embracing the norms of the day.
People now see failure as a bad thing and find it difficult to see failure from the right perspective, so students are looking for all means to pass an exam. No student wants to fail because of environmental pressure and they have lost the actual meaning of failure(failure reveals to you your present status and inform you to brace up and prepare better for the next challenge).
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE
Some students are lazy and all they are waiting for is a shortcut. They have a bad approach to life: they don’t believe in adequate preparation, hard work and total dedication to their studies. This is a very wrong attitude to possess by any student because the ripple effect of such attitude is disastrous.
UNDUE EMPHASIS ON CERTIFICATE
The reason why this social anomaly is on the rise is because of the high premium or value the society has placed on certificate over skills and professionalism.