Form | Causes | Mitigation Measures |
Plagiarism | Lack of research skills, Failure to cope with workload and performance anxiety | Plagiarism detection, verification of references and promoting transparency and access to Information |
Cheating | Peer pressure, performance anxiety and self-justification habits | Suspension, Expulsion, Strict supervision and give enough time to prepare tests and examinations |
Fabrication and Falsification | Performance anxiety and external pressure to succeed | Promote transparency and access to information |
Multiple Submission | Peer pressure, external pressure to succeed and performance anxiety | Promote transparency and access to information |
Complicity | Performance anxiety | Suspension and Strict supervision |
Abuse of academic materials | Lack of research skills and unfamiliarity with what constitutes academic corruption | Plagiarism detection and sensitization |
Misrepresenting | Performance anxiety | Suspension |
Bribery | External pressure to succeed and performance anxiety | Suspension, Expulsion and Dismissal |
Disruptive behavior | Failure to cope with workload | Suspension and expulsion |
Academic/Professional Misconduct | Monetary gain, Failure to adhere to code of ethics and Satisfaction of sexual desires | Suspension and Dismissal |
Conspiracy | Monetary gain and failure to adhere to code of ethics | Suspension and Dismissal |
Tribal Marking | Favouritism and Nepotism | Suspension and Dismissal |