Abstract
The alarming rate of poor results in external examinations such as WASSCE, NECO, JAMB and POST UME examinations has been an issue of concern. Most people argue that whereas the government has tried its best to curb examination malpractice in both public and private secondary schools, much is yet to be done to be done by parents to eradicate the issue of examination malpractice completely. This study investigated the level of parental involvement in examination malpractice among private secondary school students in Sokoto State. A stratified random sampling was used to select 200 SS2 Students (100 males and 100 female) from a universal population of 500 SS2 Students who were also randomly selected by Sokoto State government from all the Private secondary schools to attend a workshop on “students' educational Skills and empowerment” in July 2024. A 14-items questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Two hypotheses were tested using population t-test and independent t-test statistical techniques. The findings revealed among others that the level of parental involvement in examination malpractice in private secondary school students is significantly high. Some recommendations were made as the way forward.

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