dangers of examination malpractice by eguriase s. m. okaka
Dangers of Examination Malpractice
All hope is not loss however; all hands must be on deck to check this menace called examination malpractice. First, our homes must teach dignity and honor to children. Religious institutions must preach hard work and fear of God. The society must stand against examination malpractice in any form. The government and non-governmental agencies should award scholarship to hard working and honest students. The fight against examination malpractice is not a one-man fight. All must come together to say No to this menace.
I once encounter a student who told me that no student can pass an examination without using an external aid or materials. I answered that you can pass an examination without using what she said above only if you prepare or work hard enough when preparing for the exams. How do you see a student who attends parties when they know that they have an examination to write the very next day? These are the type of student that is ready to cheat in an examination in order to pass it with good grades when she knew that she does not worth it.
If we shy away from the fight against examination malpractice today, it will stir us in our faces tomorrow.
My warming to all students, if you cheat in an examination to pass that examination it only means that you don’t know or understand that subject. You don’t really know it that is one of the reasons why you are cheating. If you use an external aid to pass an examination that particular exam will reoccur again in the future; if you could not pass it when it reoccurred again then it will bring shame to you. There is this first class graduate in computer science who could not boot a computer just to say the least. How did she obtain a first class degree in computer science when she could not boot a computer? When she got a job in a big establishment in one of states in Nigeria she was not able to boot the computer that she would use during the interview. She sat before the computer looking at it when others who are not first class graduate like her has already started their interview and nearly finishing their various in the typing pool. Well she failed the interview because of that. How would she work with it when she could not boot it?
That is what examination malpractice can do to a person. Go and learn on your own and pass examinations yourself without relying on external aid or forces to pass an examination for you. What is the purpose of your education?
By Eguriase S. M. Okaka
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