How to do an if statement bash linux

Question

How do I fix this? It just skips the if statement. I am trying to do an if statement that finds if the group entered meets the right criteria.

if $groupchosen== "student"; then

Answer 1

The if statement requires a command, not a bare comparison. Use test (or its alias, [).

if [ "$groupchosen" = 'student' ] then

Answer 2

I would suggest giving this a look. But long story short:

if [ "foo" = "foo" ]; then
    echo expression evaluated as true
fi