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Distance Education Students' Indulgence in Six Sharp Practices: General Linear Modelling of Predictive Parameters
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Owan, Valentine J.; Chuktu, Onyinye; Dijeh, Ann E.; Zaafour, Abderrazak; Ukah, Julius U.; Chukwurah, Magaret U.; Ube, Denis A.; Asuquo, Michael E.; Uwase, Esuong U.; Udida, Udida J.; Ojong, Cyprian O. – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2023
This study examined the degree to which students indulge in six prominent misconducts in Distance Education Institutions (DEIs). The study also quantified how class size, instructional delivery and institutional policies predict students' indulgence in sharp practices using a general linear modelling approach. A sample of 871 participants was…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Cheating, Student Behavior
Stakeholders' Perspectives on "Miracle Examination Centres" in Nigeria
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Agwu, Prince; Odii, Aloysius; Orjiakor, Tochukwu; Roy, Pallavi; Nzeadibe, Chidi; Onalu, Chinyere; Okoye, Uzoma Odera; Onwujekwe, Obinna – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the nature and operations of schools commonly regarded as "Miracle Examination Centres (MECs)" in Nigeria, through the lens of stakeholders in education. This study also assessed stakeholders' perspectives on the possible solutions to the problem of MECs. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Malpractice, Cheating, Stakeholders
Leadership for Ethical Conduct of Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in Nigeria and the Challenge of 'Miracle Examination Centres'
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Prince Agwu; Charles T. Orjiakor; Aloysius Odii; Chinyere Onalu; Chidi Nzeadibe; Pallavi Roy; Obinna Onwujekwe; Uzoma Okoye – Oxford Review of Education, 2024
The importance placed on passing Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) in Nigeria has led to the emergence of 'Miracle Examination Centres' (MECs). MECs are schools where candidates get undeserving excellent SSCE results through institutionally enabled malpractice. This undermines the Nigerian education sector and its leadership.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exit Examinations, Ethics, Certification
Whither the Ivory Tower? Corruption and Development of Higher Education in Nigeria
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Oarhe, Osumah – Africa Education Review, 2014
In the struggle to combat corruption in Nigeria, popular and intellectual discourse has essentially been devoted to the behaviour of public officials such as politicians. However, only little intellectual attention seems to have been cast on corruption in the education sector. This article attempts to fill this knowledge gap. Based on desk…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cheating, Deception, Social Problems
Crime and Crime Management in Nigeria Tertiary Institutions
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Adebanjo, Margaret Adewunmi – African Higher Education Review, 2014
This paper examines crime and its management in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Tertiary institutions today have become arenas for crime activities such as rape, cultism, murder, theft, internet fraud, drug abuse, and examination malpractices. This paper delves into what crime is, and its causes; and the positions of the law on crime management.…
Descriptors: Crime, Political Influences, Foreign Countries, Drug Abuse
The Role of Bibliotherapy in Value System Formation by Undergraduates in the University of Ibadan, Nigeria
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Okwilagwe, Oshiotse A.; Mubonyin, Marie-Louse Vome – Online Submission, 2011
This study investigated the role of bibliotherapy in value system formation by undergraduates in seven faculties of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Out of the 1,372 sampled students, 746 (54.37%) were males and 626 (45.63%) were females. The Chi-square statistical method at the alpha level of 0.05 was used in testing four hypotheses developed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Bibliotherapy, Role