CURBING EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION THROUGH EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE

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Abstract. Nowadays, teaching and learning is faced with various challenges which hinder academic performance of students and lure students into looking for alternative means to pass examination instead of reading and understanding the course, they were taught. This, therefore lure them in engaging in examinations malpractices. Examination malpractices constitute a major threat to the credibility (quality Assurance) of educational assessment in Nigeria. This paper looks at the role of effective teaching and learning in curbing examination malpractices in colleges of education. This paper examines the concept of examination malpractices, quality assurance in education and effective teaching and learning. It also examines some of the reasons for examination malpractices, various examination malpractices among students of Colleges of Education in Nigeria and role of effective teaching and learning as a panacea for curbing examination malpractices in colleges of education.

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