ABSTRACT

This study is focused on the causes of examination malpractice among secondary school students in Enugu Education zone of Enugu State. It had become a general view to accept that the last two decades have witnessed high rate of several incidents of examination misconduct; more especially at post primary education level. According to Olatunbosum (2009); every examination witness the emergence of new and tactful ways of cheating during examinations, contrary to the normal view which assumes that examination is a formal test of somebody’s knowledge or ability in a particular subject; especially by means of answering questions or practical exercises. For detailed analysis, the above topic had been discussed under various headings and sub-headings which are categorized into chapters. For instances, chapter one introduces the subject matter of the research work; chapter two is mainly literature review, in which, the interest of students towards their studies as well as availability of teaching facilities among other things were discussed. Chapter three discuss the research methodology, while chapter four and five were based on data analysis and representation, discussion on findings, summary of findings, conclusion, implications of the study, recommendation as well as suggestion for further study.