Examination Malpractice: Challenges to Human Resource Development in Nigeria

Abstract

Education is the most significant part of human resource development practice that enables organizations (both public and private) to deal with their competitive challenges. The target of Human Resource Development is to develop the workforce so that organizations and employees can accomplish work goals. However, this paper is concerned with what it identified as now scarcity of skilled manpower, dearth of scholarship and inability to quickly react to dynamics of the world advancing organizational system among young school leavers in Nigeria due to rampant examination fraud in Nigerian educational system. This is prevalent amongst young school- leavers who have attempted at working in the public and private organizations. The paper examined this issue and suggested among others that certificates should not be the sole determinant of recruitment and selection processes into Nigerian workplace.