Social Studies students' perceived causes of examination malpractice in secondary schools in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State - Nigeria

Abstract

This study was designed to examine Social Studies Students' perceived causes of examination malpractices in Secondary Schools in Calabar Municipality of Cross River State, Nigeria. Four null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The survey research design was adopted for the study and a sample of 512 was drawn out of the population of 1609 senior secondary two (SS2) Social Studies Students in the research area. A 30 item questionnaire tagged SPCEMQ was designed and used for data collection. Data generated were subjected to statistical analysis at .05 level of significance using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis for hypotheses 1, 2, and 4 while hypothesis 3 was tested using independent t-test analysis. Results from the analysis revealed that Social Studies Students perceived examination malpractices as caused by teachers' influence, parental involvement, Social Studies Students' socio-economic status and Social Studies Students' peer influence. Thus, based on these findings, it was recommended among others that parents and teachers should show good example to their wards and students respectively by desisting from pressurizing them and trying to help them pass examination through wrong means.