The Prevalence of Academic Dishonesty and Perceptions of Students towards its Practical Habits: Implication for Quality of Education

Abstract

The issue of quality education is the today's concern of all educational stakeholders. One means of realizing this quality in higher education institutions is to alleviate academic dishonest behaviors that hamper the creativity and analytical skills of stu prevalence of academic dishonesty behaviors, perceptions of students regarding academic dishonesty behaviors, and to tests whether there is gender difference in exam related and assignment related academic dishonesty behavior Bahir Dar University (BDU) undergraduate students. The findings showed that academic dishonesty was prevalent among the students and majority of the students committed academic dishonesty at least once. The practices of dishonesty behaviors were more prevalent in assignment related works than in exam related works. In some aspects of academic dishonesty behaviors, there was significant gender difference both in prevalence of academic dishonesty behaviors and how the students perceive behaviors related to academic dishonesty.