CURBING EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES THROUGH VALUE REORIENTATION AMONG UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES IN ABIA STATE

Abstract

The study focused on Curbing Examination Malpractices through value Re-orientation among University students. The study used a descriptive survey for the research. The participants of this study included 140 undergraduate students and 20 lecturers who were chosen from Abia State University Uturu's faculty of education. Fifty final-year students and twenty lecturers selected from the study's population comprised the sample and sampling techniques. The research tool utilized in this study was made up of an undergraduate students' questionnaire drawn from a related literature review titled Curbing Examination Malpractices Through Value Reorientation Among Undergraduate Students Using Counselling Services, Good Study Habits and Attendance to Classes (CEMTVRAUSUCSGSHAAC). The study findings showed that a good number of the respondents adopted textbook skimming, in-depth cheating with calculators, phones, Online Searches, taking notes from others, group discussions, last-minute reading. Findings of the study also revealed that the majority of Nigerian university students in the study area attend lectures at least three times a week while the students hardly attend lectures four or five times a week. The findings also revealed that students never on their own visited counsellors except on a referral basis: The following recommendations were made in addition to the conclusion: Moral Education Training is required and should be made compulsory for all levels in school, Students should be counselled to believe in their own skills, potential, and willpower. They should also be taught that if other students can pass their exams honestly, so can they, among others.