Omonijo, Dare Ojo (2011) Parental Influence on Wards in Escalation of Examination Misconduct in Nigeria. European Journal of Social Sciences, 19 (2). pp. 297-307.
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mr. Dare Ojo Omonijo |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2013 18:34 |
| Last Modified: | 05 May 2016 09:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/1403 |
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