The Use of ICT in Curbing Examination Malpractice in Ikot Ekpene, LGA

There is a decline in the quality of graduates from the higher institutions in Nigeria. A situation where some University Graduates cannot write a very good letter is a cause for concern. University Lecturers and other employers of labour have always complained on the quality of school products. All these are alarming signals which portends danger for the country. A number of issues could have led to these problems and the most pronounced among them is examination malpractice. The purpose of this study therefore was to examine the use of ICT in curbing the menace of examination malpractice in public examinations in Ikot Ekpene Local Government of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The use of secondary source of data was the main method of data collection adopted in this research work. The secondary sources adopted in this study includes materials like textbooks, internet, journals, government publications, official documents etc. After analyzing the data, it was deduced that curbing examination malpractice depended on our will power. The study revealed that examination malpractice is not perpetrated by Angels but human beings.