Purpose of Junior Secondary Aptitude Placement Test

  • The Junior Secondary Aptitude Placement Test is a comprehensive and relevant standardized placement instrument used by secondary schools Heads/Administrators/Guidance Counselors for assigning students in final year of junior secondary education into Post-Basic Education academic/vocational aptitude areas in line with the National Policy on Education.

Benefits of the Test

  • To serve a gatekeeper function by providing academically challenged students with alternative routes for progressing with their education through vocational/technical training programs.

Nogadata Junior Secondary Aptitude Placement Test is imperative because it serves the very important purpose of providing school authorities with a good basis for the prediction of each student’s likely academic success. It specifically

  1. Helps to ease the transition of students from Basic Education to Senior Secondary School or Vocational/Technical School/Apprenticeship training by identifying the most suitable subject class or vocational training area for the student.
  2. Enhances the success of the UBE by facilitating the effective streaming of the JS3 students into areas of their natural aptitude and interest.

3. Emphasizes the usefulness of vocational education and its relevance to the contemporary     Nigerian educational system by identifying students who can only find expression through   vocational/technical, trade school/apprenticeship training.

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