Anyawu, I. E., Ph.D & Onwuakpa, F. I. Williams,Ph.D
Appraisal of the Level of Examination Malpractice in Large Scale Public Examination:
The National Examinations Council Experience
Examination malpractice has been identified at various fora of educational discourse as a serious threat to the integrity of public examination. The paper tried to clarify some basic concepts in the title such as examination, examination malpractice and public examinations. The various forms of examination malpractice were identified as well as types of large scale public examinations. An examination of the level of examination malpractice cases in NECO SSCE (Internal) over a period of six years (2010 – 2015) at subjects, types and national levels were done. These were presented in frequencies, percentages and graphical forms. The paper is of the view that if examination malpractice is seriously combated using strict measures (as experienced in NECO), the integrity of public examinations result will not be at stake. Such measures among others include the use of security personnel at examination centres, daily distribution of question papers to custodian points and effective monitoring of examination by external monitors (i.e lecturers from tertiary institutions of learning) etc.
Anyawu, I. E., Ph.D & Onwuakpa, F. I. Williams,Ph.D
Appraisal of the Level of Examination Malpractice in Large Scale Public Examination: The National Examinations Council Experience
Examination malpractice has been identified at various fora of educational discourse as a serious threat to the integrity of public examination. The paper tried to clarify some basic concepts in the title such as examination, examination malpractice and public examinations. The various forms of examination malpractice were identified as well as types of large scale public examinations. An examination of the level of examination malpractice cases in NECO SSCE (Internal) over a period of six years (2010 – 2015) at subjects, types and national levels were done. These were presented in frequencies, percentages and graphical forms. The paper is of the view that if examination malpractice is seriously combated using strict measures (as experienced in NECO), the integrity of public examinations result will not be at stake. Such measures among others include the use of security personnel at examination centres, daily distribution of question papers to custodian points and effective monitoring of examination by external monitors (i.e lecturers from tertiary institutions of learning) etc.