Plagiarism

This week's blog article is about plagiarism; which is copying someone else's work and claiming it theirs

Introducing the idea of plagiarism to primary school students is a good idea to inculcate the habit of giving the credit to someone that they have taken the information from. This is very important for students when they reach secondary school. In the last year of their secondary school life, they are required to take the ‘O’ levels. This includes making coursework and projects; that needs research.

Before this scheme has been implemented, students taking the ‘O’ levels face problems as they did not know how to make a bibliography. This is a serious issue because students will be given a zero for the entire coursework that they have spend much time doing.

In the life of the working adults, plagiarism is a very important thing to know as they could be charged at court if their work is to be found similar to someone else's. This is huge price to pay to learn the meaning of plagiarism.

All in all, this scheme implemented is a good way to teach students about plagiarism and it will help them when they reach institutes of higher education.