Years ago, I witnessed a mother who came to the Exam Centre along side
her daughter. She followed her down to meet with a malpractice team who
paraded the surroundings of the Exam Centre. O yes! It has actually
gotten this bad in our society. But corruption is not part of our
culture, so I was pleased when passer-byes alerted the police and she
was arrested.
Examination malpractice ranks as one of the major problems in our education sector. There is no doubt that it has become a canker worm in our society. It has also made nonsense of the education system by undermining the very purpose of education: instructions or training by which young people learn to develop and use their mental, moral and physical abilities.
Examination malpractice plants a seed of unethical values in the fertile minds of students, thereby giving this multi-faceted monster a free reign to corrupt the conscience of our future leaders, bankers, politicians, journalists, etc. A society where human resource potentials are built on fraudulent foundations is doomed. It can be argued that this evil has helped to re-produce many of the corrupt persons who find their way into important public and private sector parastatals of our economic system.
It is important to note that students involved in examination malpractice are unqualified for higher education, and bad for job skills and future workplace tasks. What becomes of a system with exam grades that may lead to promotion or hiring of persons that do not match the actual skill levels needed? These people lack the education necessary to succeed in their future academic paths or their eventual work-related projects. Low self-esteem and questionable principles becomes a norm.
By Osigbeme Enike
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