GENDER INFLUENCE ON STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN BASIC EDUCATION
CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (BECE) IN KWALI AREA
COUNCIL, FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT), ABUJA
This study was carried out to establish gender influence on students'
performance in Agricultural Science in the Basic Education Certificate
Examination in Kwali Area Council of FCT in the 2013/2014 examination
session. The population of the study was 2,172 students, 190 students made up
of 97 females and 93 males were randomly selected as the sample for the study.
The students' Agricultural Science results in Basic Education Certificate
Examination for 2013/2014 academic session accessed through Educational
Resource Centre, Abuja, were analyzed to answer the research questions and
hypotheses with the aid of percentage count and chi-square non-parametric
test statistics respectively. The findings of the study revealed high level of
performance by the students - 24 male students representing 12.63% passed
the examination with distinction; 64 representing 33.69% had credit; 5
representing 2.63% had pass with no male student who failed. 27 female
students representing 14.21% had distinction pass level; 63 representing
33.16% had credit passes and 7 representing 3.68% had pass with no female
student who failed in the examination., the analysis of the hypothesis showed
that, there is no significant difference in Students' performance in Agricultural
Science in Basic Education Curriculum Examination based on their gender.
Based on the findings, the following recommendations were put forward: that
the style of assessment be sustained; education authorities should ensure that
the terminal examination for the Junior Secondary Schools in the country is
uniform; the examination is conducted by an assigned examination body so
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that the result obtained can be tenable in any part of the country since the
implementation of the 9-Year Basic Education Curriculum is a nationwide
programme.
Otemuyiwa, Bridget Idowu
GENDER INFLUENCE ON STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN BASIC EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (BECE) IN KWALI AREA COUNCIL, FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT), ABUJA
This study was carried out to establish gender influence on students' performance in Agricultural Science in the Basic Education Certificate Examination in Kwali Area Council of FCT in the 2013/2014 examination session. The population of the study was 2,172 students, 190 students made up of 97 females and 93 males were randomly selected as the sample for the study. The students' Agricultural Science results in Basic Education Certificate Examination for 2013/2014 academic session accessed through Educational Resource Centre, Abuja, were analyzed to answer the research questions and hypotheses with the aid of percentage count and chi-square non-parametric test statistics respectively. The findings of the study revealed high level of performance by the students - 24 male students representing 12.63% passed the examination with distinction; 64 representing 33.69% had credit; 5 representing 2.63% had pass with no male student who failed. 27 female students representing 14.21% had distinction pass level; 63 representing 33.16% had credit passes and 7 representing 3.68% had pass with no female student who failed in the examination., the analysis of the hypothesis showed that, there is no significant difference in Students' performance in Agricultural Science in Basic Education Curriculum Examination based on their gender. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were put forward: that the style of assessment be sustained; education authorities should ensure that the terminal examination for the Junior Secondary Schools in the country is uniform; the examination is conducted by an assigned examination body so bridos24@yahoo.com that the result obtained can be tenable in any part of the country since the implementation of the 9-Year Basic Education Curriculum is a nationwide programme.