EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE IS REDEFINING EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

The purpose of examination is not just for students and candidates but also for the nation and educational institutions. Examinations are used for educational reforms and for development purposes. Examination malpractice makes it difficult for the government or educational institutions to know the extent to which the objectives of education are being served.

Examination malpractice robs individuals and the nation of the benefits of education. It makes it impossible to use an examination in determining the level of a candidate in absorbing reproduction  and where appropriate in applying knowledge.

Examination malpractice seems to be redefining education in Nigeria.it must be mentioned here that some people may hold diplomas or degree certificates to make proof of their being educated, they think being educated means only getting through a university or getting a degree of some kind.mere possession of a diploma or degree is no proof of education.

For a person to be regarded as educated, the criteria for education must be met to a certain extent and adequately too.it must be proved to be working according to the aims of education.

The developed nations of the world like Britain,Canada,united states of America,japan,Germany are what they are today not because God loves them better,but because education and its process are valued and rooted from the grass-root. The criteria for education are strictly adhered to.

In Nigeria today, the goal of education as seen from  the present day educational scene has slipped to utilitarian aspect of education. This trend is a misconception  and the reason for supremacy of means over ends and the consequent collapse of all sure purpose for real efficiency.

Today, because of the undue emphasis laid on paper qualification,students barely graduate from schools without acquiring knowledge, without the school or education passing through them.this is because of the misconception attached to education, they think that it is just a process of obtaining a certificate at the expense of quality training and knowledge.

This generally has generated a lot of social problems in the Nigerian society.there are cries all over the country about social ills like robbery,corruption,violence of all types,drug abuse, backward technological development.have we ever paused to ask, what are the causes of all these? Some may say its lack of employment,others may argue it is laziness,but I I believe that the problem today is the misconception of what education is all about.

Our poor educational values have been responsible for our situation today. Parent’s involvement in such immoral behaviors like examination malpractice is partly due to the fact that what a lot of parents want is certificates and not the knowledge.

parent’s involvement in these ills have contributed a lot to the devaluation of education by the students themselves.hence the zeal to get qualitative education from the beginning is usually rooted about by the parents themselves. This is a sure beginning of the misconception of education from the family.