What is it about?
Identifying originality of project, dissertation and thesis contents has been on the front burner of institutions globally. The Nigeria case is not different because all institutions are working hard at curbing academic dishonesty at all levels. The National Universities Commission (NUC), the licensing and regulatory body charged as a commission to promote quality higher education in Nigeria has current statistics of Nigeria Universities totaled at 174 with 43-, 52- and 79-Universities for Federal, State and Private, respectively. Each institution is guided by a code of conduct as provided in the license given by the Commission. Matters that border on academic integrity for report of project work, dissertations, theses and manuscripts prepared for journal publication are taken with utmost sense of seriousness. Most institutions have developed the idea of ensuring that any documents submitted for the award of grade or merit should go through an originality check. The major challenge is connected with the parameters for this check. This presentation is therefore intended as a guide to ensure that documents emanating as research output from our institutions attain a credible level of academic integrity.
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Why is it important?
Matters that border on academic integrity for report of project work, dissertations, theses and manuscripts prepared for journal publication are taken with utmost sense of seriousness. This presentation is therefore intended as a guide to ensure that documents emanating as research output from our institutions attain a credible level of academic integrity.
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Writing this article was a great pleasure for me. The idea/inspiration came during one of our seminars in the university. I am excited that it finally get published and trust it will guide and motivate all relevant stakeholders (Academia, Industry, Government establishments, Agencies, and NGOs among others) involved in the act of publishing.
David Olukanni
Covenant University
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This page is a summary of: Anti-plagiarism and research ethics: Nigeria experience, January 2022, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0092659.
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