PUBLIC OPINION ON CHEATING ON EXAMS 

AUTHORS – THANGA SIVA .T, STUDENT AT SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW, SIMATS & DR. D. VEZHAVENTHAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW, SIMATS.

Best Citation – THANGA SIVA .T & DR. D. VEZHAVENTHAN, PUBLIC OPINION ON CHEATING ON EXAMS, Indian Journal of Legal Review (IJLR), 3 (2) of 2023, Pg. 139-149, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

Abstract

Cheating on the examinations is the one which is done due to the forces triggered by the peers.  Cheating during examinations defeats the purpose of understanding, applying and creating ideas as stipulated. This study discovered that friendship is manipulated, for it makes doing the right things unacceptable and things to be avoided like cheating seem right and acceptable. The behavior about cheating during examination is deeply rooted in the culture of social acceptance/liking and debt of gratitude. This paper then argues that honesty should not be just a policy; rather, honesty in this case, is the only policy. Condemning academic dishonesty must not merely rest in the enrollment forms, but by constant moral reminder and intervention of teachers who have a responsibility to hone learners’ decorum on honesty and maturity. Data was gathered by using online interview techniques so that correct and authentic information from the concerned people should be collected. The total sample size is 200. This study, however, gives out some new findings regarding both the pros and cons of comparison among students. The main route of information is gathered with the help of a set of questions through area research containing a set of questions that was designed according to Problems Faced by the adolescents as well as people who are being compared.

Keywords: academic cheating; examination; academic performance; friends, cheating practices; social connection.