Reclaiming education: Rising above examination malpractices, and its contextual factors on study progress in Nigeria

Okolie, Ugochukwu Chinonso; Nwosu, Hyginus Emeka; Eneje, Beatrice Chinyere; Oluka, Beth N.

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.01.001

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“…Furthermore, there is a need for a better understanding of how teaching and knowledge dissemination take place. This is particularly important given the implications of the study and claims from previous studies that Nigerian HE suffers from weak pedagogy (British Council, 2014; Okolie et al, 2019a, 2019d; Pitan, 2016, 2017).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Of course, obtaining a range of demonstrable skills improves graduates’ chances of securing employment and enhances confidence and capability levels in general (Christie, 2016). Arguably, HEIs in Nigeria and many other developing countries have inadequate and ineffective policies aimed at directing changes in knowledge, skills, behaviour or cognitive processes (Okolieet al, 2019a, 2019d).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The aim is to improve graduate skills and employability. Previous studies have revealed serious concerns that universities in Nigeria are ill-equipped to develop adequate skills in their students to respond to the requirements of the modern labour market (British Council, 2014; Okolie et al, 2019a, 2019d). There is a disparity between the industry’s expectations and HEIs’ provision (Asongu and Tchamyou, 2016; Pitan 2016, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In Nigeria, for example, the higher education (HE) system is bedevilled by challenges relating to the general welfare of lecturers, the brain drains, a rapid increase in the number of students, low-quality courses and problems in governance structures (Iruonagbe et al, 2015). Some studies claim that knowledge exchange in Nigeria and some other African countries have been decreasing (Asongu and Tchamyou, 2016; Filmer and Fox, 2014; Igwe et al, 2019a; Okolie et al, 2019a, 2019d).…”

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What can be done to improve higher education quality and graduate employability in Nigeria? A stakeholder approach

Nwajiuba

Igwe²,

Akinsola-Obatolu

et al. 2020

Industry and Higher Education

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The purpose of this study is twofold. First, it identifies the extent to which Nigerian higher education institutions (HEIs) enable the development of graduate skills and employability. Second, it outlines the roles of the major stakeholders in higher education and suggests ways to improve graduates’ knowledge, employability and skills. The study is based on a qualitative design incorporating interviews with representatives of public and private organizations, education agencies and members of non-governmental organizations in Nigeria. The data were analysed thematically to ascertain the perceptions of key stakeholders. The findings reveal that there is a minimal collaboration between HEIs and industry and many HEIs in Nigeria lack the necessary pedagogy, funding and infrastructure to carry out the teaching of employability skills. Several practical and policy implications arise from the study regarding improving graduate employability in Nigeria – in particular, the need to create a culture and environment that are conducive to HEI–industry–government collaboration and the need to design the curriculum to enable the teaching of employability skills.

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confidence: 93%

Section: Graduate Employability and Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conclusion: Contribution and Implicationsmentioning

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Akinsola-Obatolu

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“…This is obviously a principal need for any educational system, however, the Nigerian context makes security a uniquely desirable feature. This is because of the prevalent corruption in many Nigerian institutions (Okolie et al, 2019;Yusuf et al, 2018). The corruption in Nigeria has been described as being systemic (Fry, 2018;Ijewereme, 2015).…”

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Design Insights from the Implementation of a Student Result Processing System in Nigeria

Ndukwe¹,

Obiorah²

2019

DCS

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The design of digital technologies is often influenced by the infrastructural, economic, and social realities of the environment of the designer. Thus, the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) community emphasize various strategies to learn from and about target users (Brown et al., 2010). However, products that are designed with the amount of detail recommended by the HCI community require a significant amount of time, energy and skill and as a result are expensive. The high cost of these services force individuals and organizations to resort to commercial products and it is often the case that commercial products that are successful for one group of people might be unsuitable for another (Johns et al., 2002). To address this problem, user groups often adapt the technology to suit their needs, use the technology in unintended ways or ultimately reject them. In this paper we present a case-study where locally developed technology was preferred over commercial solutions. We draw design insights from this experience on how we might design educational technologies while considering the culture of the target users.

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Academic Integrity Perspectives: Insights from Africa

Orim,

Awala-Ale

2023

Handbook of Academic Integrity

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Reclaiming education: Rising above examination malpractices, and its contextual factors on study progress in Nigeria

Cited by 12 publications

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What can be done to improve higher education quality and graduate employability in Nigeria? A stakeholder approach

What can be done to improve higher education quality and graduate employability in Nigeria? A stakeholder approach

Design Insights from the Implementation of a Student Result Processing System in Nigeria

Academic Integrity Perspectives: Insights from Africa

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