MORAL JUDGMENTS OF NIGERIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ON EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES: THE PRE-DURING-AND-POST EXAMINATION SCENARIOS
MORAL JUDGMENTS OF NIGERIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ON EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES: THE PRE-DURING-AND-POST EXAMINATION SCENARIOS

Summary/Abstract: The preponderance of cheating in examination/test has become so alarming that concerned stakeholders are perturbed on its impact on the moral ethos of the Nigerian society. Students’ engagement in examination malpractices might stem from their moral judgment stance. This study determined the moral judgments of secondary school students on examination malpractices scenarios (pre-during-and-post) in Nigeria. The survey research design was adopted and four hundred secondary school students were sampled from two local government areas in Onitsha Education Zone in Anambra State. Results showed that on the average the percentages of students who agreed that it is not wrong to violate the listed pre-during-and-post examination ethics are 26.13%; 33.84% and 21.3% respectively. Also the violation of the during-examination ethic had higher mean score/percentage response in favor of those who think that it was not wrong to violate them than the violation of pre-and-post examination ethics. Multiple regression analysis showed that sex, class level, type of school and location of the school are (joint) significant predictors of students’ moral judgment in only two scenarios. However, only school type made individual significant contribution in students’ moral judgment of the three examination malpractice scenarios. Based on the findings recommendations were made.

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