The general practice I have observed is that a student, caught for the first time, cheating in an examination has the examination paper in the subject in question cancelled. In addition the student offender is given a ‘Z’ grade which is a punishment for life meted to him/ her. Does this practice not suggest the student cannot reform? The student’s examination paper is cancelled and he/ she has to rewrite the paper. He/ she is also given a ‘Z’ for cheating in an examination, Doesn’t this practice amount to punishing the student twice? Considering the roles of Tertiary education in the lives of students in the 21st Century, should the award of ‘Z’ grade be encouraged?
Education, School discipline, Grading, Tertiary institutions
Dear Dr. Denis,
At the time I studied in the U.K. in the late 1970s & early 1980s, the university student who was caught cheating during an exam was expelled from the university instantly plus giving his/her name to all the other U.K. universities so as the student cannot join any of them.
I really admired that system because the punishment was only applied on very rare cases but it was severe enough to prevent thousands of students from the dishonesty shame.
After all, the university student will be a product who will go to a career in the market. If he/she is a crook, then the society & humanity will be harmed in many aspects. Neither you or I would like to see our children taught or medicated by a villain person.
Mind you, I have been working for 33 years in my country and the punishment is more "soft" than that : zero mark + expulsion for one semester. There are "abnormal" students who are ready to cheat according to this formula & they do not mind bearing the stigma " if caught" because they think that time will heal the wounds & the case will soon be forgotten.
Dear Dr. Denis,
At the time I studied in the U.K. in the late 1970s & early 1980s, the university student who was caught cheating during an exam was expelled from the university instantly plus giving his/her name to all the other U.K. universities so as the student cannot join any of them.
I really admired that system because the punishment was only applied on very rare cases but it was severe enough to prevent thousands of students from the dishonesty shame.
After all, the university student will be a product who will go to a career in the market. If he/she is a crook, then the society & humanity will be harmed in many aspects. Neither you or I would like to see our children taught or medicated by a villain person.
Mind you, I have been working for 33 years in my country and the punishment is more "soft" than that : zero mark + expulsion for one semester. There are "abnormal" students who are ready to cheat according to this formula & they do not mind bearing the stigma " if caught" because they think that time will heal the wounds & the case will soon be forgotten.
I agree with the statementsof Dr Nizar, but today the scenario was completely changed in different parts of the Globe. In some institutions suspension for one year or two years from examinations may not solution for malpractice. Mindset of students should be altered through periodic counseling on classroom.
Punishment is like medicine , if its given to everyone without checking their illness type or its origin it will be harmful more than curing and their side effects are disastrous . On the other side , exams should not measure the students' moralities or abilities because the reality is that : Students differ and not all of them are able to memorize. This (Z) mark for me (and sorry to say that ) looks like a process of degradation and devaluation of humanity. If exams are made to put students in shame then education is not the road to reform or advance the society.
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