Teachers Resilience in the Use of Continuous Assessment in Secondary Schools in Ukwuani Local Government Area, Delta State

This paper examined secondary school Teachers’ resilience toward using continuous assessment in upper Basic Schools in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State. The objective of the study was to ascertain teachers’ level of resilience to using continuous assessment in achieving educational objectives. To guide the study two questions were raised and two (2) null hypotheses formulated. The study utilized ex-post facto research design and the target population consisted of 485 instructors in the twenty Government secondary schools in Ukwuani Local Government Area. 150 teachers were selected as sample for the research using stratified sampling procedure from the entire population. A questionnaire was designed as tool for collecting data which was validated through expert judgment for face and content validity. Cronbach Alpha method of estimating the reliability of instrument was used to obtain a reliability coefficient of 0.76 for the questionnaire, an indication that the instrument was reliable. The data analysis was done using descriptive statistics for the research questions while t-test for the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level of significance. Results from the research revealed that gender and teaching experience of teachers did not affect the level of teachers’ resilience towards continuous assessment. The study advocated the variation of teaching methods and provision of adequate and modern teaching aids so that educational objectives can be readily attained.