A RELIGIOUS ASSESSMENT OF EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE IN NIGERIA WITH IGALALAND IN FOCUS

Abstract

Abstract Examination malpractice is an academic dishonesty that is rampant in universities and other educational systems in current times. It is taking place in so alarming rate that it has prompted concerns and research in attempt to find out what has made educational institutions this corrupt. This paper, from the angle of religion examined the effect of examination malpractice on the students and Nigerians with Igalaland in focus. The paper utilized the socio-historical and phenomenological methods. The thrust of this paper is that the effect of examination malpractice has capacity of keeping the nation Nigeria in perpetual underdevelopment. The paper suggests that this ugly trend can only be minimized if all and sundry have decided to shun it. And this assignment is expected to begin from among the ever-religious Nigerians who should take it as a sin or a crime.