The Effect of Examination Misconduct on Academic Performance (A Case Study of Jigawa State Higher Institutions)

Examination misconduct has become a global issue especially with regard to Africa countries,. Several times this issue brought up some cases where by a person can obtain a qualification and can’t depend it. This study is aimed at analysing the internal as well as the external forces which lead to examination misconduct. In much of our tertiary institutions specifically the area of study, Jigawa state higher institutions. The causes goes beyond the institutional forces nor the students but also the government as many government officials inspired a sense of corrupting lecturers for their study advancement just to obtain the qualifications for their job promotion. Moreover, the others forces as outlined under this study are: poor renumeration, poor condition for learning and illicit mind of corruption that we do have. In this case ,to promote effective and reduce the levels of examination misconduct, the government has to regulate the secondary schools education before the high institution. Albert Bandura Social learning theory was used in this research as it has relevant on the topic of discussions. The methodology adopted by this study is secondary sources of data whereas different text, journals, magazines, handbooks and Google scholar’s where used to obtained the relevant data.