Parental Influence on Wards in Escalation of Examination Misconduct in Nigeria
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This paper sets out to examine parental influence on wards in examination misconduct in
Nigeria. The study uses perceptions of 545 respondents in a Private Christian Mission
University in the country to examine the most frequent ways by which parents influence
their wards to engage in examination misconduct. Moreover, the study investigates whether
there is a relationship between parental influence on ward in examination misconduct and
societal value for certificates. It also identified reasons for non implementation of laws on
examination misconduct and also proffers solutions to this social ill in the country. The
study employs differential association to explain the topic under discussion. It uses
questionnaire and in-depth interview to collect information from respondents. Ranking,
percentage and 3 ways analysis of variance were used to analyse data collected. However,
our result shows that: There is a relationship between parental influence on ward in
examination misconduct and societal value for certificates. Respondents’ attributed major
reasons for non-implementation of laws on examination misconduct in the country to:
involvement of the children of government functionaries, bribery and corruption etc. Lastly,
respondents suggested full implementation of laws on examination misconduct, open show
of students caught for misconduct in media among others as solutions to this social
problem.
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H Social Sciences (General)