University Students&rsquo; Performance in Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Delta and Edo States, Nigeria

Henry Ogheneovo  Oshemughen,

University Students’ Performance in Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Delta and Edo States, Nigeria

Discipline: Psychology

Abstract:

This study analyzed university students’ performance in Post UTME in Delta and Edo states, with a view to determining whether students’ performance in Post UTME was dependent on faculty of study and gender. Two research questions were raised and two hypotheses were formulated and tested. The ex-post facto design was adopted and the population of the study comprised the students in all universities in Delta and Edo states that took the Post UTME in 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 academic sessions. A sample size of 6000 students was selected through stratified random sampling technique. Instrument used for this study was students’ records containing post UTME scores. The data collected were analyzed using mean, z – test and the ANOVA. The findings from the analysis of data showed a significant difference of 1.27 between the performance of male and female university students in post UTME; and a significant difference between the performances of students in different faculties. Based on the findings, it was concluded that the performance of university students in post UTME was dependent on their gender and faculty of study.