Challenges Affecting The Effective Use Of Electronic Examination In Business Education Programmes And Ways Of Improvement
Nwagwu Lazarus N
Department of business education, ebonyi state university, abakaliki.
Ofulue Justina I
Department Of Office Technology and Management, Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku
Keywords: electronic examination, business education programmes
Abstract
This study identified challenges affecting effective use of electronic examination in Business Education programmes in universities in Ebonyi State and ways of improvement. Two purposes of the study and their corresponding research questions and hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The Population of the study comprised of 22 lecturers from business education programmes in two universities in Ebonyi state. There was no sampling as the population size was manageable. Instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire with 16 items constructed by the researchers. Reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha and it yielded a coefficient index of 0.82. 22 copies of the instrument were administered to the respondents and they were all correctly filled and returned. Data used in answering the research questions were analyzed using mean and standard deviation while t-test was used in testing the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed among others that Inadequacy of technologies, High cost of ICT resources, Lack of needed ICT skills by lecturers are some of the challenges affecting the effective use of e-examination in business education programmes in universities in Ebonyi State. The study also revealed that Procurement of personal computers by students, Installation of internet networks in campuses among others are some of the ways of improving the use of e-examination in business education programmes in universities in Ebonyi State. The study recommended among others that school authorities should regularly organize training programmes for students and lecturers on e-examination skills