Soyemi, Jumoke (2018) Student Project Quality Assurance In Academic Institutions Using Plagiarism Software Checker. In: 11th International Science, Technology, Arts, Education, Management & the Social Sciences Conference, June, 2018, Lagos, Nigeria.
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Abstract
The wealth of resources made available on the internet through Information Technology has its limitations. The present trend among students is to download resources on the web and submit the same to their lecturers. The peak of it is downloading someone else’s project from the internet and offering the same as the original owner. Plagiarism is a challenge presently facing most academic institutions, not only in Nigeria but in other parts of the world. Here, this paper proposes the introduction of Plagiarism software checker in all educational institutions for quality assurance purposes and promotion of originality among students and lecturers. A well-structured questionnaire was adopted and administered to two hundred participants randomly selected from Higher National Diploma (HND) II students and fifty academic staff of Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro which is the case study to gather information on the awareness and perception on the introduction of plagiarism software in tertiary institutions for quality assurance purposes. Also, statistical analysis was carried out on 50 samples of immediate past HND II projects within the Department of Computer Science. Plagiarism test was conducted on the randomly selected and digitised projects. The results of the test show 60% of the project with over 50% plagiarism, 20% with 35% and above plagiarism, 18% project with 25% and above plagiarism and only 2% project with less than 21% plagiarism result. The analysis from this study confirms the level of academic fraud being practised by the students which are a significant concern that cut across other institutions not only in Nigeria but across the globe. Plagiarism is like cancer that must be treated urgently to rescue the present economic situation of the nation from collapsing. Youths are the leaders of tomorrow and education is the bedrock of national growth and development
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Electronics and Computer Science |
| Depositing User: | Dr J. Soyemi |
| Date Deposited: | 10 May 2020 13:05 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2020 09:50 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/64 |
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