Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a serious offence that could be dealt with seriously. In layman's term,it basically means copying. Without realizing, we might have committed the act of plagiarism while completing our school work or projects. This happens when we do not include bibliographies,credits or acknowledgements to recognize the efforts of the rightful owner. By plagiarising, we are not respecting other people's property and are not giving them credit for what they really deserve. Students should be taught the importance of plagiarism and they should learn to acknowledge the rightful owner of their intellectual property.


Plagiarism also encourages students to be lazy as they can easily copy and paste someone else's work without providing their own opinions or views. They even make it seem as it is their own work.


Students should be trained since primary school to include urls or websites from which they got the information from. By doing so,they are giving credit to the rightful owner for the information they have provided online. This would be a good practice as throughout their whole schooling life,there would be many instances when they need to make use of the information available online.


Hence,actions should be taken against those who commit the act of plagiarism.