Dr. Ikoro, Stanley I.
Department of Educational Foundations
Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo.
Abstract
This study was carried out to examine how retraining of primary school teachers on
Evaluation (continuous assessment) techniques can effectively enhance
comparability of standard between primary schools in Nigeria. The population of
the study consisted 50 primary schools in Ebonyi State. While, the sample comprised
of 500 teachers selected through stratified sampling techniques. The researcher
used a descriptive survey design for the study to Chance generalization of findings.
Three research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The instrument for
data collection titled Retraining of Teachers on Continuous Assessment Techniques
(ROTOCAT) questionnaire was developed by the researcher was face and content
validated by three experts in Ebonyi State University Abakaliki. Cronbach -alpha
was used to establish the reliability of the instrument which yielded 0.83.
Percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the research
questions, while t-test was used to test the hypothesis, at 0.05 level of significance.
The study revealed that the primary school teachers have very low information and
knowledge about the objectives of continuous assessment. Equally, they lack the
computation skills in terms of grading and reporting. In view of the above, the paper
recommended among other things that Federal and State governments should as a
matter of urgency organize biannual seminars and workshops for primary school
teachers on the development and implementation of continuous assessment; this is
in addition to supplying of curriculum modules on assessment to primary schools.
Keywords: Retraining, primary school teachers, standard, evaluation.
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