Continuous assessment policy implementation in selected local government areas of Ondo state (Nigeria): Implications for a successful implementation of the UBE program

This study examines the methods adopted by teachers in the implementation of the provisions of a continuous assessment policy in Ondo State in Nigeria. Data were collected from teachers selected randomly from all schools in two non-cosmopolitan Local Government Education Authorities of the state and were analyzed using simple percentages, t-test, and ANOVA. Results indicated a non-uniform strategy of implementing continuous assessment policy provisions and are found to be independent of factors like gender, duty posts, teaching experience, and qualifications, as no significant difference were found in the score of respondents on all of these factors. It is recommended that the policy should be freely distributed to basic school teachers in a simplified form as a uniform implementation of the policy is connected to the success of the Universal Basic Education program now that it is to span three more years than the earlier Universal Primary Education (UPE) policy or any other educational policy made earlier. Also, regular training workshops on continuous assessment should be organized for teachers.