Moral Intelligence: An Antidote to Examination Malpractices in Nigerian Schools

Abstract Moral intelligence is the capacity to apply moral principles to one’s own values, goals and actions (or the ability to see what is right and integrate it into one’s life and actions) It is considered as the individual capacity to understand right from wrong, to have strong ethical convictions and to act on them to behave in the right and honourable. This study examined the level of moral intelligence among senior secondary school students in Osun State. It also investigated whether there is a relationship between moral intelligence and students ’ perception of examination malpractice as well as examined the influence of variables such as students ’ gender and family structure on their moral intelligence. The study adopted survey method. The sample size was 240 Senior Secondary School class two students (Mean Age =15.62, SD =1.26)in Ife North Loca