This chapter is
divided into the following subheading:
·
Research
Design
·
Population
of the study
·
Area
of study
·
Instrument
used for data collection
· Validation
of instrument
·
Mode
of data collection
·
Method
of data collection
·
Method
of data Analysis
·
Research
design
This research is
a case study designed to find out from ten (10) selected secondary school in
Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on how to eradicate examination
malpractice and its evil consequences in our secondary schools and the society
at large.
Population of the study
The population
of the study is made-up of two hundred (200) students, tutors and principals
within the ten (10) selected secondary schools. The research chooses to use
staff of the selected schools because they are divertly concerned with the
process of teaching and learning.
Area of Study
The research is
being carried out in Ikwo Local Government Area is bounded in the East by Cross
River State, South by Afikpo Local Government Area. Ikwo Local Government Area,
West by Ezza Local Government Area and in the North by Izzi Local Government
Area is highly populated with a population of 166, 269 (1991 Census) and a
large mass of land of 25, 235km2 .
The topography
of the town-Ikwo is dominated by Ebonyi River and Cross River bordering it. The
climate condition of Ikwo is sub-savana with annual rainfall of about 2060
and rainfall is between the months of March and October with dry season
starting from November to February each year.
Majority of
people living in it are well educated, political and religiously advanced.
Instrument Used For Data Collection
The main
instrument used for the researcher for the collection of data are
questionnaires submitted to the respondents and the reliable information filed
through ‘YES’ or ‘NO’ answeres
The distribution
of the questionnaire was on the went back to contact them. This was to enable
the respondent to supply appropriate response under convenient and leisured
mood
Validation Of Instruments
With the
assistance of the project supervisors, all ambiguity and contradictions in
wording and content were eliminated before it was administered to about two
hundred (200) students and staff of the population of the selected schools.
Mode Of Data Collection
The researcher
adopted random sampling techniques out of ten (10) selected secondary schools
in Ikwo Local Governement Area of Ebonyi State. To get reliable and accurate
chosen ten (10) secondary schools for the study.
Method Of Data Collection
The
questionnaires submitted to the respondents were collected after seventy-two
(72) hours of submission. This was to enable the respondents to fill them under
convenient mood. The respondents were instructed to fill the questionnaires
‘yes’ or ‘No’ answer
Method Of Data Analysis
The data were
basically arranged or grouped in percentages.
Number of ‘yes’
had b/200 x 100/1
Number of ‘No’
had c/200 x 100/1
There are also
tables indicating responses from the ten (10) selected secondary schools and
two hundred (200) respondents were selected for the student.
Below are the
ten (10) selected secondary schools with their communities in Ikwo Local
Government Area and questionnaires given to them.
|
S/n
|
Names of sec.
Sch.
|
Communities
|
No.of
questionnaires refuned
|
No. of
questionnaire
|
Percentage
|
|
1
|
Ikwo High Sch.
Abuja
|
|
Arie refuned
|
Arie unrfuned
|
|
|
2
|
Urban sec.
Sch.
|
Ndufu-Echara
|
20
|
Nill
|
10%
|
|
3
|
Com. Sec. Sch.
|
Abina
|
20
|
Nill
|
10%
|
|
4
|
Com. Sec. Sch.
|
Okpuitmo
|
20
|
Nill
|
10%
|
|
5
|
Com. Sec. Sch.
|
Ndufu Alike
|
20
|
Nill
|
10%
|
|
6
|
Com. Sec. Sch.
|
Eka-Awoke
|
20
|
Nill
|
10%
|
|
7
|
Com. Sec. Sch.
|
Noyo- Alike
|
20
|
Nill
|
10%
|
|
8
|
Com. Sec. Sch.
|
Ebem Ekpa
|
20
|
Nill
|
10%
|
|
9
|
Com. Sec. Sch.
|
Ingimagu
|
20
|
Nill
|
10%
|
|
10
|
Girl’s High
Sch Ikwo
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
200
|
Nill
|
100%
|