Design of Single-User-Mode Computer-Based Examination System for Senior Secondary Schools in Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria

Computer-Based System for in Onitsha Abstract This work is concerned with the design of a single-user-mode computer-based examination system. It focused on trends in online computer-based examination and carried out a critical review of current paper-based test systems employed in Senior Secondary Schools in Nigeria. An alternative system to provide solutions to the current challenges identified in the existing system was then proposed. The system was designed using the object SSADM methodology and implemented using rapid PHP IDE on a Windows 10 system, using PHP, HTML, CSS and MySQL technologies and Apache server as the application server. Source Code folder for the designed CBT system is available at https://villagemath.net/journals/ver/v3i1/ABAH-HONMANE-AGE-OGBULE-CBT.zip with the Installation Guide and Setup information provided in Appendix A. Ayo et al. (2007) proposed a model for e-Examination in Nigeria where all applicants are subjected to online entrance examination as a way of curbing the irregularities as proposed by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB), the body saddled with the responsibility of conducting entrance examinations into all the Nigerian universities. This model was designed and tested in Covenant University, one of the private universities in Nigeria. Their findings revealed that the system has the potentials to eliminate some of the problems that are associated with the traditional methods of examination such as impersonation and other forms of examination malpractices. The model was later adopted for use by Covenant University and JAMB for its computer based examination paving way for a seamless transition from the PPT form of examination. A study by Ayo (2007) on Nigerian University stated that 81.3% of the applicants were computer literate, while the remaining 18.7% were guided through the examination. The total number 1023 (75.7%) of respondents who participated in the e-examination conducted in Covenant University took electronic examination for the first time and as such found the examination easy, a few found it a little challenging but adjusted with time. The study revealed that only 327 (24.2%) of the applicants had not been involved in any form of electronic examination before, and found it difficult. While the system developed in the study is web based, the present work seeks to develop a system that can function without network interference and cheaper to set up and maintain since it is targeted at secondary schools while does not have the same financial weight like the government agencies and higher institutions which the model of the study by Ayo et al. was aimed at. speed and performances differences fifty-five MCQs