Role of Counselling in Checking Examination Malpractice and Test Anxiety among Secondary School Students in Nnewi Education Zone

Abstract

Aims: The main purpose of the study is to evaluate various counselling strategies for checking examination malpractice and test anxiety among secondary school students. The study was guided by two research questions and two hypotheses which were formulated based on the purpose of the study. Study Design:  The study adopted a survey research design. Place and Duration of Study: The area of the study was Nnewi education zone in Anambra state, Nigeria, between January 2018 and May 2018. Methodology: Self-structured and validated questionnaire served as the main instrument for data collection. Sixty subjects were purposively drawn, mean and standard deviation were used in answering the research questions while t-test was used to determine the level of significance at 0.05. Results: The results revealed that exposing the students to cognitive learning skills as note taking, use of practice, summarization and mnemonics can reduce cases of examination malpractice and test anxiety. Conclusion: students should be exposed to cognitive learning skills as note taking, use of practice, summarization and mnemonics as one of the vital strategies for checking examination malpractice and test anxiety among secondary school students in Nnewi education zone.