Cheating Problem In High School Examinations In Vietnam
International Journal of Development Research
Cheating Problem In High School Examinations In Vietnam
Received 20th December, 2018; Received in revised form 29th January, 2019; Accepted 27th February, 2019; Published online 31st March, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Quach Tuan Kiet. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Cheating in high school examination is a serious problem in some countries nowadays. A questionnaire was to collect data of students' attitudes towards cheating, ways of cheating and reasons for cheating. It has been revealed that many students in Vietnamese high school considered cheating acceptable. The research findings also indicated that there are many ways of cheating, students chose their own common methods to cheat. They blamed their dishonesty on many reasons belonged to personal, family and school factors. Those findings suggest that it is necessary to find out some solutions to prevent students from academic cheating.
