ASSESSMENT OF THE AVAILABILITY, FUNCTIONALITY AND ADEQUACY OF ICT FACILITIES FOR WAEC CBT EXAMINATIONS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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Availability, Functionality, Adequacy, ICT-Facilities and WAEC-CBT-ExaminationAbstract
The study assessed the availability, functionality and adequacy of ICT facilities for WAEC CBT examinations in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Three objectives and three research questions were formulated to guide the study. Some of the objectives include: determine the availability of ICT-facilities for WAEC CBT examinations in Kaduna State. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of this study consisted of 432 WAEC centres and 141,408 SS3 from private and public senior secondary schools in Kaduna State. Checklist on availability, adequacy and functionality of ICT Facilities (CAAFIF) was used for the data collection. The data collected were analyzed using percentage, frequency count and mean using cutoff points of 70% and 3.50 respectively. The study concluded that ICT facilities were found unavailable given that only 3.66 percent with a mean value of 0.91 were found. ICT facilities in the schools that are available were found to be functional with grand percentage and mean of 78 and 4.40 respectively And ICT facilities were found Inadequate indicating grand ratio of 1:2,322 for the conduct of computer-based-examinations in senior school certificate examination. The study recommended among other that: Educational stakeholders such as government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and/or other philanthropic organizations should prioritize the supply of up-to-date WAEC recommended ICT Facilities and School administrators must ensure that ICT facilities are functional by establishing a regular maintenance programme, and partnership with internet service providers, investment in campus-wide WiFi infrastructure, and subsidized data plans. .References
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