The educational objectives of a country, as they are often outlined in its national policy on education, represent those components of its national goals that are regarded realizable via formal schooling. Nigeria has recognized for more than three decades that the country's educational institutions have been failing to fulfill their responsibilities.

An applicant's eligibility to be considered for admission into a Nigerian institution is contingent on meeting certain basic standards. He or she must first achieve five applicable credits in the senior secondary school certificate test, which must include English and, in certain cases, mathematics, as well as other subjects.

When making decisions about students, such as certifying them and placing them, it is possible to forecast their future performance at a higher level. The term 'academic performance' has come to mean the academic status of an individual student at any particular point in time. A person's ability to display his or her intellectual talents is referred to as his or her intellectual aptitude.

Education is an essential process that prepares young individuals to live productive lives based on their abilities and interests. Learners are not only educated, instructed, and sufficiently directed to gain important skills and information through education, but they are also taught how to adapt to acceptable public life.

Every area of life, including education, pursues development in an ever-changing environment. Given that the developed world's educational level is significantly greater than that of emerging nations, it comes to reason that education plays a vital role in the education of developing countries.

Education may be traced back to the dawn of time. This is due to the fact that human beings are always learning new things in order to develop and progress in their lives. Education has been institutionalized by society as a whole over the years, recognizing the critical role it plays in the lives of individual people and the well-being of society as a whole.

Assessment of students' progress and eventual level of achievement is a critical component of every educational system. Formative testing is used in the teaching and learning process by breaking down subject matter content or a course into smaller hierarchical units for instruction; specifying objectives for each unit; designing and administering validated formative tests; offering group-based remediation in areas where students are deficient before moving on to the next unit; and finally, admin... read more

Many youngsters nowadays have little or no interest in reading, particularly non-academic texts, since they perceive it to be uninteresting or time consuming. Like a result, the majority of young people would seldom buy a newspaper, journal, or novel, preferring instead to watch or listen to the content of books as a film.

This calls into question the JSCE's validity (Popham, 2002) as a suitable benchmark for determining a student's ability to cope efficiently with SSS work. However, information on a student's skills and preparedness for work and further studies in the next level of school is necessary at any point in their education.

Any educational system's worth and functioning are determined by its capacity to achieve educational objectives. The examination method creates a difference in educational systems all across the globe. If examination ethics is not fostered and implemented, the aims of national educational systems, and indeed national growth, become a phantom.

Exams and assessments are an important part of our educational program. They are held both officially and informally at almost all levels of education, and they serve a number of purposes. Exams and assessments may be conceived of as having primarily educational goals in the limited sense.

Exams are one of the most common ways to analyze and evaluate students' abilities, knowledge, and attitudes in both broad and particular areas of examination. "Examinations remain the finest instrument for an objective assessment and evaluation of what learners have acquired after a time of learning.

The researcher's goal in this study is to see if the outcomes of the junior secondary school certificate examinations in Nigeria can be used to predict students' success in the senior secondary school certificate examinations. The researcher's motivation for suggesting such a study stemmed from the fact that it is general information that SSCE performance has been low for a long time.

Measuring how much a student has learnt is an important aspect of any course or study program. Exams may take many various formats, but grading must adhere to a set of standards. The research attempted to establish a correlation between reading attitudes and the country's educational imbalance in order to determine a connection between the two.

The researcher's goal in this study is to see if the outcomes of the junior secondary school certificate examinations in Nigeria can be used to predict students' success in the senior secondary school certificate examinations. The researcher's motivation for suggesting such a study stemmed from the fact that it is general information that SSCE performance has been low for a long time.

Technology has substantially altered the assessment process during the last several years. Educational measurement has shifted toward computer-based testing (CBT) in a number of academic domains. CBT is defined as tests or assessments administered by computer on a standalone or dedicated network, or by other technology devices connected to the internet or world wide web, with the majority of them utilizing multiple choice questions (MCQs).

The failure of most secondary school leavers in social studies in May/June examinations administered by Junior WAEC prompted the Federal Government to establish a panel to investigate student failure in the 2007 Junior Secondary Certificate examination (JSCE). Of all the candidates who sat for the 2007 May/June JSCE, 84 percent failed (information on Nigeria Education, 2007).

Continues assessment is a relatively innovation in the Wayne’s educational system. It refers to a system of assessment, which is carried out at pre-determined intervals for the purpose of monitoring and improving the overall performance of students and of the teaching – learning process (Okpala, 1993). Examination is a formal written, oral or practical test especially at school or college to see how much learners know about a subject or what he/she can do that is (some one ability).

With the worldwide concept of education for all and the implementation of Universal Basic Education in Nigeria as a follow-up scheme, it was expected that Nigeria's growth would be expedited due to the inherent values in education. As a core discipline at the upper basic level of the Nigerian education system, social studies is one of those topics having the biggest mandate for converting Nigeria into a member of the world's developed nations.

Teachers and counsellors rely on them to conduct complete assessments of their pupils and clients. To determine if a student is worthy of being promoted to another class, a series of accomplishment tests must be administered, culminating in a well-founded conclusion. Human relations specialists and employment bureaux use exams in industrial settings to determine an individual applicant's employability. Despite the importance of examination or test taking in Nigerian institutions for diagnostic, ... read more