THE PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS TOWARDS THE USE OF COMPUTER BASED TEST (CBT) MODE OF EXAMINATION IN HIGHER INSTITUTION IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study examined the perceptions of students towards the use of computer-based test (CBT) mode of examination in the universities in Anambra State. The study was a descriptive study which adopted a descriptive survey research design. Three research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was used in the study. The population for the study consists all the 4000 level students from the Faculty of Education Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and ChukwuEmeka Odomegwu Ojukwu University, Uli. Simple random sampling technique was used in selecting 100 students from each of the schools that made up the population. This gave a sample size of 200 students. The research instrument was structured questionnaire on four-point Likert scale adapted from Olafera et al. The research instrument was validated. The instrument was trial tested and the reliability coefficient of 0.76 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha. The data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Based on results obtained from the study it was concluded that computer-based test in Universities in Anambra State is useful, computer-based test in Universities in Anambra State is easy to use and credible. The following recommendations among others were made: government should from time to time help in supporting the procurement of ICT equipment in the universities in Nigeria and there is the need of employment of software engineer, computer engineer and computer lecturers to facilitate the development, usage and maintenance of CBT software in the universities