CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT AND THE SUCCESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 9:3:4 SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN BOKI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

This research examined continuous assessment and the success of the implementation of the 9:3:4 system of education in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeri, Nigeria. Four variables were used to formulate four research questions and hypotheses. Literature review was carried out based on the variables of the study. The study population comprised of primary school teachers of all public primary schools in the study area. Survey research design was adopted and simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample for the study. A sample of two hundred (200) respondent was used as sample size in the study. The research instruments used for data collection was a questionnaire titled “Continuous assessment and the success of the implementation of the 9:3:4 system of education Questionnaire (CAS1934EQ)”.Pearson product Moment Correlational Analysis statistical was used in testing the hypotheses under study. All the hypotheses were tested using 0.05 level of significance.based on the analysis of data, it was revealed that test administration, homework, terminal examination and class attendance all had positive relationship with success of the implementation of 9:3:4 system of education in the study area. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended amongst others that, curriculum review in the 9:3:4 system of education should be carried out to encourage more assessment of students through test administration.