Thursday, March 27, 2014

Pakistan: Academic Dishonesty and its Consequences

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Academic dishonesty is a serious problem and can have severe consequences that can have lasting effects on one's academic career. Now a day’s matric exam is going on in many part of Pakistan. It has been reported that various cheating methods are being practiced by the students and as well as by the dishonest teachers in examination halls. This attitude of our academia is the result of the poor quality of education. Most of the time it happens that teachers do not attend the classes. At the end of the session, they convey an unethical silent message of cheating in exam to their students. In this way, though the teacher successfully protect their self from a bad reputation. But in fact they are ruining the future of students. This is because th8 at there is no check and balance, especially in government institution.





 I have often seen that though some talented teachers do teach honestly but they lack the ability to motivate students to do work hardly. I think the most important thing in teaching is to motivate students and keep them engaged in academics activities rather than giving them a free hand.
The worst thing that is killing our student’s talent is the small Pocket Size Guides which are easily available in the market and Micro notes that the student gets from Photostat shops. These kinds of cheating material have a worst impact on our students.

During the examination session most often the invigilators and superintendent are invited to sumptuous meal either by students or by the parent of the students. And this kind of invitation are accepted by disloyal and corrupt minded invigilator It’s a kind of bribery and by this way students succeeded to get an illegal favor of the examination staff during exam hours . Hence those students are then given a free hand to do cheating and then they are able to gets a good grade in exam. In this kind of situation usually the poor students suffer a lot and the wealthy family’s sons are benefitted.
Most of the examination stuff are from teaching profession, and as teachesr are supposed to be a nation builder. But now it seems, that for the sake of some luxury they are deliberately ruining the future of the nation.  As a result our examination system is getting so much poor, that higher level educational institute does not have a trust on  this examination system despite they take their own  screening test for admission or accept ETEA or NTS test result.
The habit of cheating starting from Matric does not stop here but it continuous up to higher level exams too. And at the end, a dull minded, corrupt product of degree holders is obtained. Who, then run the country by performing duties at various government organization with that corrupt mind set by violating the merit and pushing the nation into a dark future.  

Private sector educational institutes are sharper in this disloyalty. They apply special technique to run their businesses and compete other. For this purpose they use every unfair means. They are so eager to gain top positions in the Matric and SSC board exam so that they can attract their customer more and more. They first develop a friendly relations with Board administrative and clerical staff, inviting them for special dinners and lunches follow up with expensive gift for their families. Hence their conscience is killed. Then they willing do what these corporate says to them by getting examination hall and invigilator duties of their choice for the students. This practice is very common these days. I think this is a very smart way to get money as well as to destroy the fresh mind of student.                

 We see that as the cheating is increasing from the lower level to the higher level. In the same ratio Corruption, dishonesty, violation of rules, rigging in election and many other evils are increasing day by day …and thus we are losing our standard in each and every sphere of life. Someone has said very true that cheaters are losers. They lose the pride that comes from accomplishing something yourself. They lose the chance to learn something difficult. And they can lose much more……

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