Reasons for Usage of Unfair Means during Examination among the Secondary School Students: A Case Study of Lasbela, Baluchistan

Abstract

This study emphasized use of cheating among students at a school in Lasbela. Focus group discussions and key expert conversations were employed as a strategy to analyze how harmful cheating is, ideas and comprehension, usage patterns and sources, ways to deal available. Participants' replies to questions were recorded and analyzed throughout the conversation. The study used a qualitative technique with a phenomenology design with a population of girls and boys comprising n= 40 from high school in the area of Lasbela, Baluchistan. The researcher used the deliberate snowball sampling approach for focus group conversations for people who had firsthand experiences with the issue. The data gathering process included evaluating questionnaires thematically evaluated. The majority of focus group respondents described cheating recourses as well-known in the general public. Cheating culture is prevalent in the Lasbela district, according to the majority of students and parents among focus group member. The study suggested that family’s assist that they are aware of what their children are doing; raise knowledge of the hazardous future risks of cheating, how to prevent cheating, and how to use money for constructive and useful causes.