This research work aims to develop a system that will analyze and identify students who indulge in malpractices/suspicious activities during the course of an academic offline examination. Automated Video Surveillance provides an optimal solution which helps in monitoring the students and identifying the malpractice event immediately. This work is organized into three modules. The first module d...

The paper investigated examination malpractices in state owned institutions of higher learning the north-eastern geo-political zone, Nigeria. population study comprised staff and students three (3) selected from nine (9) states north-east

The purpose of the study was to examine perception teachers and students towards efficiency techniques implemented reduce examination malpractices in Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. design for a descriptive survey. guided by six research questions. employs use multi-stage sampling technique. sample comprised 280 invigilation 370 from 10 public senior high schools Sekondi-Takoradi. A 4-point rating...

In Nigeria students are assessed using paper and pen on cognitive abilities. This method of assessment is however, characterized by different forms of examination malpractices. The threat of examination malpractices on the validity of examination outcomes has resulted in some examination bodies adopting a different method of administration. One of such is the Joint Admissions and Matriculation ...

Based on three decades of citation data from across scientific fields of science, we study trends in impact factor biased self-citations of scholarly journals, using a purpose-built and easy to use citation based measure. Our measure is given by the ratio between i) the relative share of journal self-citations to papers published in the last two years, and ii) the relative share of journal self...

Secondary school students’ perceptions of examination malpractices and examination ethics were assessed. The participants were drawn from Secondary Schools in the Benin Metropolis of Nigeria. The study revealed that majority of the students believed that their indulgence in examination malpractice was a common occurrence, which will be difficult to eradicate. Parents, teachers and school princi...

"But when it comes to finding out how you and I, our children and grandchildren, may become more perceptive, more intensely aware of inward and outward reality, more open to the Spirit, less apt, by psychological malpractices, to make ourselves physically ill, and more capable of controlling our own autonomic nervous system A when it comes to any form of non-verbal education more fundamental (a...

As the primary transportation tools for modern people, Autos are facing a tremendous transform. With shortcomings which couldn’t be overcome, Ancient animal-drawn vehicle had been replaced by motor vehicles. However, motor vehicles still have inextricable malpractices such as lower security, lower speed, dependent for energy sources, lacking of environmental protection, single purpose, lower ef...

The major technique for admitting students to an examination over the years has been through the presentation of a token. The student possesses a physical and portable device which contains the user identity. Examples of such devices include ID cards, Library Cards, Fees Clearance Cards, Photo Cards, etc. However, this method of authenticating a student for an examination has an obvious problem...