Knowledge of Students about Rules and Regulations Guiding the Conduct of Examinations in Kogi State College of Education (KSCOE), Ankpa, Nigeria

This paper examined the “Knowledge of students about the rules and regulations guiding the conduct of examinations in Kogi state College of Education (KSCOE), Ankpa. This was with the view to suggesting measures that could reduce examination malpractices that have become resilient in most institutions of learning in Nigeria. Through stratified random sampling procedure, two hundred students admitted into the college in 2012/2013 academic sessions were sampled for the study. The instrument for data collection was a 49 items’ questionnaire that was divided into three sections A, B and C. Section A sought information on rules and regulations guiding examinations in the college, section B, required information on the knowledge of students about the behavior that constitute examination malpractice and section C sought to know their levels of knowledge on the prescribed penalties for the examination offences. The data collected were analyzed using mean and the findings were that students of KSCOE, Ankpa, have sufficient knowledge about the rules and regulations guiding examinations, behaviours that constitute examination malpractices and penalties for the examination offences. That examination malpractice is a deliberate act by students. In addition, there was no difference between the levels of knowledge of both the Christians and the Muslims. Recommendations were that culprits should be made to face the full wrath of the law, pastors and Imams in churches and mosques should work more on their members to instill into them obedience, godliness and respect for laws and orders. They are to be taught more intently the earthly and eternal consequences of disobedience and that invigilators avoid behaviours that predispose examinees to cheating among others.