The introduction of Computer-Based Test (CBT)
in secondary schools has been crticised by the Lagos chapter of the Nigeria
Union of Teachers (NUT), ITRealms reports.
The state NUT Chairman, Mr. Segun
Raheem, made this known in Lagos recently while addressing newsmen, and
said that the Computer-Based Test is
sure to encounter hitches because most
of the students were not adequately prepared for the test
He also said the non-availability of
Information Communication Technology (ICT) facilities and human resources make
the NUT unprepared, adding "Computer Science has just been introduced to
secondary schools as a compulsory subject which is coming rather late."
Further, ITRealms gathered, he said
that 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)." 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 noted that a few schools have ICT laboratories
with internet facilities, asserting "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,
ITRealms learnt.
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