Nigeria: Fight Against Exam Malpractice Goes Digital At Maiduguri University

The University of Maiduguri has introduced an electronic centre for the writing of examinations (e-centre for e-exams) with a view to ridding the institution of the menace of examination malpractices.

Since the introduction of e-exams in 2010, rate of examination malpractices among students has reduced as the e-centre proved to be an effective anti-examination malpractice measure.

Many faculties and departments have keyed into the development with the faculty of education and the general studies, among others, taking all their examinations at the e-centre.

However, inadequate knowledge of the functions of the computer programmes, fear on the part of students and the tension of seeing one's scores instantly are some of the reasons why students feel nervous about the innovation.

Some first time users complain of not being knowledgeable enough to use the e-centre, mainly because of their lack of sufficient computer knowledge.

The interesting thing about the centre is the elimination of examination malpractice as most students cannot copy what their neighbours are doing because the questions differ.

The questions are mostly objective and randomly selected for each student, making smuggling of 'micro-chips' into the centre a waste of time.

Thus, it appears like as students are going digital with examination malpractices, University of Maiduguri is also going digital with the fight against the objectionable practice.

Amina is a 300-level student of Mass Communication, University of Maiduguri

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