Developing a Rational Policy on Plagiarism for Institutions of Higher Education: A Case of Gulu University
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Date
2025
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EAST AFRICAN NATURE & SCIENCE ORGANIZATION
Abstract
Globally, plagiarism is a pervasive issue in institutions of higher education,
posing challenges to academic integrity and ethical standards. Developing a
policy on plagiarism is crucial for maintaining the quality and credibility of
academic work within these institutions. The purpose of this paper is to
discuss the development of a rational policy on plagiarism. The following
are the objectives; to benchmark requirements for anti-plagiarism; to model
process of procurement and detection of plagiarism process in public
universities in Uganda; to examine how the challenges of Inter-Repository
Plagiarism was addressed at Gulu University. The study reviewed existing
literature on plagiarism policies in higher education institutions worldwide.
The findings were that universities have varying views on levels of
plagiarism with some policies allowing as high as 30% plagiarism level in
scholarly work. Most of the peer-reviewed journals demand much lower
allowable levels of plagiarism to encourage originality and sustainable
adherence to copyright and intellectual property policies.
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Plagiarism, Academic Integrity, Policy Development, Higher Education Institutions, Plagiarism Detection Methods.
Citation
Ongaya, K., Alidri, A., Onen, W. Y., Odongkara, B. & Okumu, C. (2024). Developing a Rational Policy on Plagiarism for Institutions of Higher Education: A Case of Gulu University East African Journal of Education Studies, 7(3), 339-353. https://doi.org/10.37284/eajes.7.3.2114