The purpose of this study was to determine the readiness and acceptability levels of final year urban and rural secondary school students in Rivers State in application of this innovative form of examination (Post-UME) in further assessment. The research design adopted in this study was descriptive survey research design. The sample size for the study comprised 600 final year students drawn from 60 secondary schools in 12 LGAs from the 3 senatorial zones of Rivers State, Nigeria, using purposive sampling to take care of location variables. A structured questionnaire (with reliability of .88) was used to collect data and a total number of 450 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved, which were analyzed using the mean with standard deviation and independent t-test. The results indicate that the level of readiness and acceptability is moderate on the part of students from urban areas of the state but their counterparts in the rural areas are lagging behind. It is concluded that Rivers State students both at the urban and rural area if given the enabling environment and support will build high level of readiness and acceptability of the innovation in learning assessment, whether JAMB UTME/Post-UME.
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Readiness and Acceptability of Computer-Based Test (CBT) for Post-University Matriculation Examinations (PUME) among Urban and Rural Senior Secondary School Students in Rivers State
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Ubulom, W.J.; Wokocha, Kelechi
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International Journal of Adaptive and Innovative Social and Science Education Research
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