Students' Attitude Towards E-examination in Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated students' attitude towards e-examination in Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria. It was a survey type of research and a total of280 respondents were sampled for the study. 40 (2 0 male and 20female) first year students were selectedfrom each of the seven undergraduate schools in the institution using stratified, purposive and simple random sampling procedures. E-examination Attitudinal Questionnaire (EAQ) which was validated by three computer experts and two test and measurement experts was used for data collection. Three research questions were raised while two hypotheses were tested. Data gathered from the administration of the questionnaire were analysed using mean, standard deviation and Kruskal-Wallis H test non-parametric statistic. Findings of the study revealed that students have positive attitude towards e-examinations in Federal University of Technology Minna (average mean-2.61 out of 5); there was no significant difference in the mean attitude score of students towards e-examinations across the seven undergraduate schools (X (6) = 2.27, p = 0.89); and there was no significant difference between the attitude of male and female students to e-examination in the institution (X.1 (1) = 0.00, p = 0.98). Based on these findings, it was recommended thate-examinations environment should be made user-friendly in order to sustain students' positive attitude towards e-examination in the university; and more e-examination centres with adequate facilities should be developed within the University for the purpose of assessing students' academic achievements irrespective of their course of study and level.