Lagos State NUT criticized the use of Computer-Based Test, CBT, in secondary schools examinations.
The Lagos State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, says the
introduction of the Computer-Based Test, CBT, in secondary schools
examinations may not achieve the desired result.
The state NUT Chairman,
Mr Segun Raheem, made the assertion in Lagos yesterday. Raheem said the
situation might be so because most of the students were not adequately
prepared for CBT.
He said the students were not prepared due to the non-availability of
Information Communication Technology, ICT, facilities and human
resources. He noted that computer science which, hitherto, was an
optional subject and suddenly made a compulsory subject would leave some
students unprepared for CBT. “Computer Science has just been introduced
to secondary schools as a compulsory subject which is coming rather
late.
“However, only a few Lagos schools have computer science teachers and
some schools gave temporary appointment to computer science teachers.
“Others got the teachers through the efforts of the Parents’ Forum
(PF),” he said. The unionist noted that most of the secondary schools in
the state had a desktop or a laptop which they used mostly for
administrative work.
He, however, said that only few schools had an ICT laboratory that
was fully equipped with internet facilities, noting that “With the
present situation, in my own view, I doubt if the use of CBT is
result-oriented for students in secondary schools in the state.” “Except
if crash programmes on computer studies and practice is introduced in
schools, which must allow each student to have a free practice with
computer, CBT will not achieve the desired aim. (NAN)
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