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Academic dishonesty weakens the value of education, primarily in the…
Academic dishonesty weakens the value of education, primarily in the tertiary level.
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Statistics, newspaper stories, and expert views
- The student's confidence to create and think productively decreases, as the sense of accomplishment is lacking with the growing dependency on digital tools and AI.
- It is unfair to honest students those who work hard lose out when others take shortcuts and still get higher marks. Hence, they will feel discouraged
- Students tend to slack off during classes or even skip classes as they’re confident they will be able to obtain good grades by cheating.
- Students are more likely to normalise this unethical behaviour and it may increase the risk of dishonesty in personal and professional situations in the future.
- Students won’t learn what they need for a real job, leaving them unprepared, stressed, and often letting their team down.
- Cheating causes students to learn less, It is seen that when Students stick to dishonest method they, will retain less knowledge & perform worse then genuine hard working students.
- Lessens the effort students need to complete their academic task as digital tools and AI can generate instant response to their questions
- Students might get too depended on artificial intelligence to the point where they can’t think and process information for themselves effectively.
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- Some of the students cheat because they think nothing will happen to them and don’t realize how serious the punishment can be which causes them to cheat more often
- Performance pressure : Fear of poor grades, , High expectation from student's parents, Family pressure on student as they expect far greater results.
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- Many students cheats because it links to what they think their peers are doing, Cheating peers causes one to influence an other person to cheat which tarnishes academic Integrity.
- Certain academic institutions have an overloaded curricula which pushes students to find shortcuts in order to obtain good grades while having time for other activities.
6. A recent study of Malaysian tertiary students found that 57.4% of students at major public institutions admitted to academic dishonesty at least once during their studies, including plagiarism, unauthorized access to resources, and collaborative cheating
- Trust and Credibility Issues: The trust between students and educators will be reduced drastically and may cause long-term reputational harm to academic institutions such as, falling in global ranking.
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- Academic dishonesty is a serious and growing issue no matter the level of education. It breaks trust between students and lecturers, gives unfair advantages, and damages the reputation of degrees. Over time, it risks turning education into something to exploit rather than a place to truly gain knowledge