Professional Documents
Culture Documents
S /N Causes of examination
malpractices
1 Lack of seriousness of students
2 Inability of parents to provide
textbooks
3 Fear of failure
4 Too much emphasis on paper
qualification
5 Inordinate ambition by students
and
6 parents to pursue career that is
beyond ability
7 Lack of seriousness and proper
supervision during examination
8 Lack of necessary instructional
facilities and resources to
facilitate easy learning by students
9 Inability to cover schemes of work
by lecturers
10 Peer group influence especially
after seeing those who have
passed examination by cheating
11 Lack of confidence by the
students
12 Scarcity of books in the library
13 Lack of adequate invigilators for
examination supervision
14 Writing of examination in an
overcrowded sitting arrangement
15 Non-challant attitude of
invigilators to unbecoming
attitude of students during
examination
16 Aiding and abetting by the
invigilators