FACTORS INFLUENCING THE INCREASING RATE OF EDUCATION MALPRACTICE IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTION (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
One of the objectives of education in Nigeria is to prepare the young ones to face future challenges and develop them to meet the nation’s manpower requirements. The quality of an education system is very important and crucial to the economic development and social stability of any country. It leads to the acquisition of the necessary skills and knowledge that are needed for national development. One of the major indicators of the quality of education is the national public examinations. The central purpose of national public examinations is to enhance transparency, effectiveness, and efficiency in making decisions about people, which may have tremendous implications on their lives. Examinations are generally used to monitor learning and are the most common measure of student learning achievement. Anderson Ball and Murphy (1975) define an examination as any series of questions or exercises or other means of measuring the skills, knowledge, intelligence, capacities or aptitudes of an individual. Public examinations are legally fortified instruments of the states by Acts of Parliament. They are meant to enhance accountability to the taxpayers by educators, and therefore levels of performance are good indicators of how well or badly an education system is functioning. It is fundamental that examination results should reflect the true effort of the students and teachers. It is equally important that the selection and placement decisions made on the basis of examination results are based on a water-tight examination system, and thus the results reflect the true picture of the abilities of examinees.
The universal sine quo non (the necessary and sufficient) conditions for good examinations, i.e., validity and reliability get violated, and when irregularities are discovered, the states incurs horrendous expenses for repeat examinations. The credibility of an education system and its examinations is put in jeopardy whenever the laid down rules and regulations are not adhered to. The regulations are intended to provide an environment of fair play, equal opportunity and validity of the assessment.
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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE INCREASING RATE OF EDUCATION MALPRACTICE IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTION (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
