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1 Nigerian Students Turn to aI For Tests Answers, Lecturers Raise Alarm

Expert System (AI) is revolutionizing education while making discovering more accessible however likewise triggering disputes on its effect.

While trainees hail AI tools like ChatGPT for boosting their learning experience, lecturers are raising concerns about the growing reliance on AI, which they argue fosters laziness and weakens academic stability, especially with numerous trainees not able to protect their tasks or given works.

Prof. Isaac Nwaogwugwu, a speaker at the University of Lagos, in an interview with Nairametrics, expressed frustration over the growing dependence on AI-generated actions amongst trainees stating a current experience he had.

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"I gave an assignment to my MBA students, and out of over 100 trainees, about 40% submitted the specific very same answers. These students did not even understand each other, but they all used the very same AI tool to create their reactions," he said.

He noted that this trend prevails amongst both undergraduate and postgraduate trainees however is especially concerning in part-time and library.kemu.ac.ke range knowing programs.

"AI is a severe challenge when it pertains to projects. Many trainees no longer believe critically-they simply go online, generate answers, and send," he included.

Surprisingly, some speakers are also accused of over-relying on AI, setting a cycle where both educators and turn to AI for convenience instead of intellectual rigor.

This debate raises important concerns about the role of AI in scholastic stability and trainee development.

According to a UNESCO report, while ChatGPT reached 100 million month-to-month active users in January 2023, just one country had released policies on generative AI since July 2023.

As of December 2024, ChatGPT had more than 300 million individuals utilizing the AI chatbot weekly and 1 billion messages sent every day worldwide.

Decline of scholastic rigor

University speakers are significantly worried about students sending AI-generated projects without genuinely understanding the material.

Dr. Felix Echekoba, a speaker at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, revealed his issues to Nairametrics about trainees increasingly depending on ChatGPT, just to deal with addressing basic concerns when evaluated.

"Many students copy from ChatGPT and send refined tasks, however when asked basic questions, they go blank. It's frustrating due to the fact that education has to do with discovering, not just passing courses," he stated.

- Prof. Nwaogwugwu pointed out that the increasing number of superior graduates can not be totally credited to AI however confessed that even high-performing trainees use these tools.
"A top-notch trainee is a first-class student, AI or not, but that does not suggest they don't cheat. The advantages of AI may be peripheral, however it is making students reliant and less analytical," he stated.

- Another lecturer, Dr. Ereke, from Ebonyi State University, raised a various issue that some speakers themselves are guilty of the exact same practice.
"It's not just trainees utilizing AI slackly. Some lecturers, out of their own laziness, create lesson notes, course describes, marking plans, and even test concerns with AI without reviewing them. Students in turn utilize AI to generate answers. It's a cycle of laziness and it is eliminating genuine knowing," he regreted.

Students' point of views on usage

Students, on the other hand, say AI has improved their learning experience by making scholastic materials more reasonable and available.

- Eniola Arowosafe, a 300-level Business Administration student at Unilag, shared how AI has actually considerably aided her knowing by breaking down complex terms and supplying summaries of prolonged texts.
"AI assisted me understand things more quickly, specifically when dealing with intricate subjects," she discussed.

However, she remembered a circumstances when she utilized AI to send her job, only for her speaker to instantly acknowledge that it was generated by ChatGPT and reject it. Eniola noted that it was a good-bad impact.

- Bryan Okwuba, who recently graduated with a top-notch degree in Pharmacy Technology from the University of Lagos, securely thinks that his scholastic success wasn't due to any AI tool. He associates his outstanding grades to actively engaging by asking concerns and focusing on locations that speakers highlight in class, as they are often reflected in examination questions.
"It's everything about being present, taking note, and taking advantage of the wealth of understanding shared by my associates," he stated,

- Tunde Awoshita, a final-year marketing trainee at UNIZIK, admits to sometimes copying straight from ChatGPT when dealing with multiple deadlines.
"To be honest, there are times I copy straight from ChatGPT when I have numerous deadlines, and I know I'm guilty of that, the majority of times the lecturers do not get to go through them, but AI has actually likewise assisted me learn much faster."

Balancing AI's function in education

Experts think the solution lies in AI literacy