Strategic Program Development and Examination Malpractices

Abstract

This research study is designed to find out whether the change to boarding system, new stringent policies, reorganization of academic instructional program, installation of school campus law enforcement units, counter secret intelligent apparatus, exam invigilators retraining workshop, and student support service programs have any influence on the reduction of examination malpractices in secondary schools in Obio/Akpor and Phalga local government areas, Rivers State, Nigeria. Seven research questions and five null hypotheses were posed to guide the study to a logical conclusion. A structured research questionnaire was administered on a sample size of seven hundred and forty-five (745) secondary school teachers. Data generated from the research questions and null hypotheses were collated and analyzed using the descriptive statistics, Pearson Product Moment Correlational Statistics (Pearson r) and statistical t-test of pooled and nonpooled variances. The results of the data analyzed indicated that the change to boarding system, and new stringent policies have no significant influences on the reduction/abolition of examination malpractices in secondary school campuses, while installation of school campus law enforcement units, retraining of exam invigilators, and students support service programs have noticeable influences on the reduction/abolition of examination malpractices in secondary school campuses in Obio/Akpor and Phalga. Recommendations were proffered based on the findings to improve the students confidence and performances in examinations in secondary schools in Obio/Akpor and Phalga local government areas, Rivers State, Nigeria.