ETHICAL DIMENSION IN EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE

This paper attempts an ethical explanation to the phenomenon of examination malpractice. It relates the moral situation in Nigerian society to the “Hobbesian State of Nature”. The paper argues that attributes of “State of Nature” can be found in almost all facets of our national life be it political, economical or educational. The paper therefore states that the root of examination malpractice is in the moral decadence of the society hence measures taken so far to curb the menace have proved abortive. The paper further observes that a broad spectrum of the Nigerian society is a stakeholder in examination malpractice. The paper calls for a moral rebirth of the entire Nigerian citizenry championed by those in authority. By this measure the perpetrators of examination malpractice will no longer find it attractive since the factor that promotes it will be out of vogue.