E-Cheating Awareness and Attitudes of Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations’ (Ssce) Candidates in Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the E-cheating awareness and attitudes of senior secondary certificate examination’s (SSCE) candidates in Ondo state with the view of proffering solution to reported cases of examination malpractices in the study locate. The sample for the study comprised three hundred and ten (310) candidates selected from five coaching centres through purposive sampling techniques. Two research questions guided the study using two instruments named: Students’ E-cheating Awareness Questionnaire (SEAQ) and Students’ Attitude to E-cheating Scale (SAES). The instruments were given experts’ validation. The results were analyzed using frequency count and mean statistics. The result showed (mean=2.54) indicating that the SSCE candidates were aware that questions and answers were online prior to the day of their examinations and some students have access to SSCE questions and their answers through various websites. Further, the result indicated that larger proportion of the candidates (mean=3.52) had positive attitude to E-cheating with the opinion that cheating in examination was good and helped students to pass. The study found that the respondents were of the notion that since Nigerian leaders were corrupt, nothing is wrong in electronic cheating. It was therefore recommended that integrity clubs should be established in schools to develop in students’ examination ethics and help them to acquire the values of handwork that will checkmate their involvement in examination malpractices.