Public Junior Secondary School Teachers’ Perception and Application of School-Based Assessment in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, Edo State

Abstract

One of the most important and significant developments in the Nigerian educational system was the introduction of school-based Assessment (SBA). School-based assessment is an effective classroom assessment which requires skills and practices as students react to achieve their immediate objectives. Although school-based assessment is relevant and important to both the teachers and the learners, it is still being undermined especially by the teachers. This study, therefore, examined the relevance of schools Based assessment as well as the relevance of using school assessment as a strategy for the evaluation of teaching and learning. Three research questions were raised to guide the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population comprised the teachers in the 24 public junior secondary schools in Ikpoba - Okha Local Government area of Edo State. The simple random sampling method was used to select the sample. Sixty questionnaires were administered and the entire questionnaires were returned and analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The results revealed that teachers do apply various assessment techniques in teaching any subjects, the practice of school-based assessment enhances an effective evaluation of learning outcomes by teachers after teaching, and that teachers use varieties of evaluation instruments in the assessment of students Based on the findings, it was recommended that teachers should apply various assessment techniques in teaching of any subjects; school authorities should make it compulsory that all schools must be involved in school-based assessment; teachers should be encouraged to employ varieties of evaluation instruments in the assessments of students and assessment technique employed by teachers should be such that the students can easily cope with and that will not be too rigorous for them so as not lead to their discouragement.