Self Related Fail-Causes in Examination in the Department of Vocational and Technical Education: A Study of Benue State University, Makurdi
Nande Boniface Kwaghkar, Iorbee Michael Mlahaga & Nwokolo-Ojo Joy Obiageli
Department of Vocational and Technical Education
Benue State University, Makurdi
Email: bnande@bsum.edu.ng, miorbee@bsum.edu.ng,
obiagelinwokolo5@gmail.com.
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Author: Iorbee
Michael Mlahaga
ABSTRACT
The study on Self Related Fail-Causes in Examination in the Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Benue State University, Makurdi was carried out to identify self related factors responsible for fail in examination. Three research questions were framed and answered while three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance for the study. A cross-sectional descriptive survey research design was used to carry out the study. A population of sixty four (64) students was drawn from 200, 300 and 400 levels of the Department of Vocational and Technical Education respectively. Descriptive statistics of mean was used to answer the three research questions while analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study include among others that students at times prepare for examination and sometimes students could be erratic and occasionally prepared for examination. Findings also indicate that sometimes students brood over the examination being awaited intermittently. It was concluded that the school setting embraces a test-conscious and examination-giving culture in which the lives of graduates are in part determined by their examination performance. The study also affirmed that examination performance is predetermined by human characteristics manifested in various forms such as fear, anxiety, stress and doubt about capabilities. Students are anxious as to what questions to see during examinations and expectations of their performance summed up as results. It was recommended that students should make adequate preparations for examination and employ all the tactics for preparation for examination before going in to take examinations.
Keywords: Fail-Causes and Examination
