ENTRY QUALIFICATION AS CORRELATE TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN NIGERIAN CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) AT POLYTECHNIC LEVEL IN BAUCHI

Babayo Yakubu Adamu

Abstract


This study determined the levels of academic performance of two groups of students admitted with different entry qualifications to the Nigeria certificate in Education (NCE) Technical Programme and found out whether groups differed significantly in terms of performance. Seventy (70) first year Technical students at Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi, were monitored during the 2015/2016 academic year for the purposes of this study. The data consisted of raw scores obtained by these students in five (5) courses. The data were analysed according to their arithmetic means and a t-test. The reliability of t-test results was ascertained by the use of an f-test of group variances. The study established that the secondary school certificate students performed significantly better than their National Technical Certificate and other certificate counterparts, and both groups differed significantly in other aspects of academic performance. 

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