Studying factors influencing examination cheating

All people are familiar with the meaning and concept of Cheating, although Cheating can be attributed to many meanings; but this research will report factors influencing examination’ cheating and how to avoid them. Cheating in exams weakens the evaluation process, the quality of teaching and public confidence in the process of evaluation, and also eliminates scientific honesty which is one of the key factors in the learning process. Cheating exams lose their meaning and universities and other academic institutions cannot properly integrate people into community based on their abilities. Therefore, the research objective is to investigate the causes of cheating in examinations and presents strategies to prevent it among students at Herat University Education Faculty, Herat Province Afghanistan. The research use a quantitative method. The sample size consisted of 240 students from 10 Different departments of Education Faculty, Herat University. The data was analyzed using statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The students were asked to complete the questionnaire. Using factor analysis, four factors were extracted: (a) The role of family and community (b) The role of students for not good preparation (c) The role of teachers and teaching methods (c) The role of education institutions based on these results, I discuss possible factors for examination cheating in university classes in Education Faculty Herat University.