EXAMINATION ADMINSTRATION IN HIGHER INSTITUTIONS:A CASE STUDY OF THE POLYTECHNIC SETTING

Abstract

The current position of examination and its means of administration have led to a body of misconceptions in our various academic settings (all institution of learning: Primary, Secondary and Higher Institutions). Based on this, administration of examinationsin the polytechnic settingscallfor a systematic preparation, harmonization, and manning to uphold academic principlesand values in order to addressing peculiar institutional challenges in the graduation of egalitarian students. But this target has been turned upside down andit has in turn created a vacuum in the process of graduating resourceful students. In order to annex effective teaching and learning in turn of meaningful and acceptable educational products, there is an urgent need to address this devastating academic problem. In view of this, this study examines the organizations, measures, challenge, and prediction of examination administration in a polytechnic setting.  In solving this problem, this paper simply compartmentalized the research problem into different sub-sections and properly discussed with relevant illustrations. In doing this effectively, available literature was properly reviewed, analyzed, interpreted, and documented. The adopted method of qualitative descriptive approach and secondary data were concisely conducted and reported. Conclusion was drawn with relevant recommendations that every academic institution should always give proper training to all the concerned examination staff members in order to in turn retrain other staff members on the matters regarding effective examination administration.