RE-CULTIVATINGACADEMIC INTEGRITYTHROUGH CONTINUING EDUCATION FORA CORRUPT FREE NIGERIAN SOCIETY

Abstract

Academic disintegrity is a serious problem that entails unethical academic practices with negative consequences for individuals, institutions and society around the world. If left unchecked, academic disintegrity can damage the culture of integrity that adult learning centres seek to promote, and it can even undermine the value of a degree from a given institution. Academic integrity is the moral code or ethical policy of academia. It is the commitment to and demonstration of honest and moral behaviour in an academic setting. Academic integrity is fundamental to learning, teaching and research. It involves upholding ethical standards in all aspects of academic work. Academic integrity entails acting with principles of honesty, fairness, diligence, trust, responsibility and requires respect for knowledge and its development. Continuing education remains the pivot upon which the wheels of the society revolve. It is critical and essential to the sustenance and growth of any nation. The paper highlights the concepts of academic integrity/academic dishonesty and continuing education, importance of academic integrity in academia, and continuing education as a tool for re-cultivating academic integrity for a corrupt free Nigerian society. The paper finally suggests among others that adult should be continually educated on the dangers of academic dishonesty or academic theft.