INFLUENCE OF CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ACCOUNTING IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ENUGU SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE

ABSTRACT The study investigated the influence of continuous assessment on teaching and learning of Accounting in Government Senior Secondary Schools in Enugu South LGA. Three specific purposes and three research questions guided the study. The literature related to the study was reviewed under three sub-headings; conceptual framework, theoretical framework and empirical studies. A survey research design was used for the study. The population of this study comprised of all the accounting students in all the 15 senior secondary schools in Enugu South LGA. The entire population was used, therefore no sample. The instrument used for data collection was a structure questionnaire which was validated by three experts two from vocational education and one from measurement and evaluation in Godfrey okoyeuniversity . The data collected was analyzed using mean score. The result showed that continuous assessment encourages students to take responsibility for their learning. It also showed that continuous assessment helps to reduce the anxiety of students in learning Accounting. The researcher recommended that Seminars should be organized for teachers on the importance of continuous assessment in teaching and learning process. Suggestions for further studies were also made.