15/10/2025
Comrade AMB Megbowon Olusola Ezekiel Live on Hope 89.1 FM
Radio Talk Show: BREAK DCYCLE
Topic: Causes and Consequences of Examination Malpractice
The National Secretary General of the Association of Southern Nigerian Students (ASONIS), Comrade AMB Megbowon Olusola Ezekiel, will be live on air on Hope 89.1 FM for a special edition of the Radio Talk Show tagged “BREAK DCYCLE.”
This highly educative and thought-provoking session will focus on the persistent menace of Examination Malpractice — a challenge that continues to threaten the credibility of Nigeria’s educational system and the moral foundation of our society.
Comrade Megbowon Olusola Ezekiel will present a deep analysis of the causes, consequences, and possible solutions to this national problem, drawing from real-life experiences, students’ realities, and systemic factors in the education sector.
Causes of Examination Malpractice
1. Poor Preparation and Laziness: Many students neglect consistent study and seek shortcuts to success.
2. Peer and Societal Pressure: The societal drive for quick success and comparison among peers pushes students to cheat.
3. Corruption and Compromise in Schools: Some invigilators and teachers enable malpractice for financial or personal gains.
4. Inadequate Facilities and Learning Conditions: Overcrowded classrooms, lack of materials, and poor funding weaken the learning process.
5. Overemphasis on Certificates: Society often values certificates over knowledge and skills, leading to unhealthy desperation to pass exams.
6. Parental and Institutional Negligence: Parents sometimes encourage cheating to ensure their children “succeed at all costs.”
Consequences of Examination Malpractice
1. Production of Half-Baked Graduates: Graduates who lack the competence and confidence to perform in the real world.
2. Erosion of Academic Integrity: The credibility of educational institutions becomes questionable.
3. Moral and Value Decay: It promotes dishonesty and moral laxity among youths.
4. Unemployment and Inefficiency: Unqualified graduates flood the labor market, leading to low productivity.
5. Loss of National Reputation: The quality of Nigeria’s education and certificates becomes doubted both locally and internationally.
6. Poor Leadership and Governance: When people who rose through malpractice occupy leadership positions, corruption multiplies.
Possible Solutions
1. Moral Reorientation and Value Education: Schools should emphasize ethics, integrity, and hard work from early stages.
2. Strengthened Supervision and Monitoring: Examination bodies and institutions must enforce strict monitoring to prevent malpractice.
3. Adequate Funding and Learning Facilities: Governments should invest more in education to create conducive learning environments.
4. Student Mentorship and Counselling: Encouraging mentorship programs to guide students toward academic excellence through diligence.
5. Community and Parental Involvement: Parents must discourage shortcuts and motivate genuine learning.
6. Rewarding Academic Integrity: Institutions should recognize and reward students who exhibit honesty and hard work.
Comrade Megbowon emphasizes that “true success is not measured by the grades you cheat to get, but by the knowledge you earn to build a future.
