AN ASSESMENT ON THE RELEVANCE AND PROBLEMS OF COMPUTER BASED TEST IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out on the perception of students and teachers towards the relevance and problems of computer based test in Nigerian universities in selected higher institutions in Nigeria using one institution in Edo state as a case study. To achieve this, thee significant research objectives were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprises of students and teachers in The University of Benin, Edo State. In determining the sample size, the researcher conveniently selected 300 respondents while 267 were received and 259 were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables and mean scores. The result of the findings reveals that the benefits associated with the use of CBT in carrying out examination include; lower administrative cost, time saving, less demand upon teachers, improves measurements precision and efficiency, and immediate scoring. The findings also revealed that the use of CBT for examinations ignites examination anxiety among examination candidates, and the extent to which students’ and teachers’ are ready to adopt the use of CBT is low. In regard to the findings, the study recommends that Government should provide institutions at all levels in country with adequate information technology tools, and Government should ensure adequate electricity supply in all tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

Keywords: Testing, computer based test, Perception.