Sociological Perceptions of E-Cheating Online Runs Sites and Students Study Habit: Focus on Public Examination Quality in Nigeria

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2019 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 6 Issue 1

Year of Publication : 2019

Authors : Dr. Oyeyemi Sunday O, Dr. Akinola Victor & Mafikuyomi Johnson, Dr. Yakubu Moses

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V6I1P104

How to Cite?

Dr. Oyeyemi Sunday O, Dr. Akinola Victor & Mafikuyomi Johnson, Dr. Yakubu Moses, "Sociological Perceptions of E-Cheating Online Runs Sites and Students Study Habit: Focus on Public Examination Quality in Nigeria," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 6,  no. 1, pp. 16-22, 2019. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V6I1P104

Abstract:

Several studies have emerged on examination misconduct in Nigeria, but e-cheating Online Runs Sites examination malpractice among secondary school students, is a new form of examination fraud yet to be given adequate attention in the literature. These e-cheating Online Runs Sites always have all exam papers solutions too, probably a day or two before the day of public secondary schools examinations in Nigeria. This study is provoked to address this problem in the context of its effects on students study habits, quality of secondary school examinations and gender difference. Using four selected secondary schools in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos, Nigeria, a sample of 200 students were drawn from the population. A self-developed instrument was developed bothering on the two hypotheses for the study. The instrument was validated through face and construct validity while the Cronbach alpha reliability method was used to obtain a reliability correlation co-efficient of 0.72. Findings from data revealed that hypothesis one has significant value of 0.034 and r level 0.943, the null hypothesis was rejected and alternative indicating is a significant relationship between e-cheating online runs sites and secondary school students study habits was retained. However, hypothesis two with male gender (N=108) and female gender (N=92) revealed a significant difference between gender difference and e-cheating online runs sites. The study finally recommends that the sustenance of qualitative public examination and good study culture in Nigeria calls for urgent attention to incidences of e-cheating online runs site which is becoming a complex digital issue. It is important that the stakeholders of the Nigeria education system such as teachers, parents, governments and policy makers monitor and provide policies that would help the mitigation of the negative uses of ICT among students in Nigeria.

Keywords:

Sociological Perceptions, e-cheating Online Runs Sites, Students Study Habit, Gender difference, Examination Malpractices.

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