Many
people aware that cheating during examination are wrong. However, a student may
cheat during examination at least once in their life. Cheating means
copying from other students during exams, one of the forms of misconduct that
has become one of the biggest concerns
of educational instituitions (Wilkinson, 2009). Cheating during
examinations have led to great disturbance in higher education due to
dishonesty in students in order to gain knowledges. Eventhough many problems
related to this issue have arisen, there are solutions that can be taken in
order to reduce this problem.
One of the problem that cause
students to cheat in the examination is the pressure which come from their
surroundings. A massive pressure from
parents, school and friends may lead them to cheat. Students remain under tremendous pressure from their
parents, peer and schools had to do well in examinations in case of failure or
low grades (Amin Rehmani, 2013). Another problem is lack of confidence with
their ability to score the subjects. Some students are not confidence with the
subject that they are not interested in. Unfortunately, they still have to take
the subject as the subject is offered in their courses. So they think they are
cannot do well in the subjects or not smart enough to score the subject or maybe lack some skills they need,
therefore the only options left is to cheat (Jayme Gillen,2012).
Mostly students cheat in order to achieve good grades. Pressure from
surrounding has led them to be a cheater as they think it is better to cheat
rather than fail the subject which will give a huge impact on their grades. Parents
should not push their children to get the best result in every test as it will increase
their desire to cheat in order to meet the parents’ expectations. Other than
that, teacher also plays a vital role in this problem as teacher has the most
influence to their students. One ways of preventing
cheating is clearly
inform students of your expectations and of school policies (Sarita & Rajni
Dahiya, 2015). Students also should find ways to improve in their subject even
they like or not. Do many practices and reading to improve the ability to score
the subject. A study found that studying through flashcards or taking practice
exams is highly recommended technique for students to improve in learning
(Improving Students’ Learning with Effective Learning Techniques,2013).
To conclude, cheating is not a good
way for students to attain good grades. Cheating also can give negative impact
in student’s life in future. Without cheating,students also can get good grades
and it hundreds time better than cheating. Through hard work and own effort,
the success will become more meaningful compared to achieve success through cheating.
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