(1991) COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF UNDERGRADUATE FEMALES AND MALES PERFORMANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN COVENANT UNIVERSITY

摘要

The 21st Century has ushered in awareness to female education on Science and Technology Coursesin Nigeria. The rate of enrollment in higher institutions especially the private institutions in Nigeria arequite astonishing. This has led to the enquiry on the comparative assessment of the performances ofboth females and males in Science and Technology Courses. Covenant University Students ofCollege of Science and Technology will be the focus of study in order to elicit information on theinterest and performance of the females and males in Science and technology courses. In addition,Centre for Information and Systems was also consulted for relevant information related to this study.The research work adopted both the primary and the secondary method; the primary method involvedthe use of questionnaires and interviews. The secondary method included the past performances ofthe students in terms of academic records and achievements of female students in the Science andTechnology. The method of data analysis entailed descriptive and empirical analyses of the datagathered from the respondents. The empirical aspect involved independent sample analysis andregression to determine the nature of the relationship among the variables. The descriptive utilizes thefrequency and percentage distribution to analyze the responses from the targeted audience. Thequestions consists of two major parts; the first part seeks to ascertain vital information that patterns tothe socio-demographic characteristic of the respondents and the second part focuses on the students'performances in their courses as well as their cumulative grade points since the inception. Theadoption of these methods in the analysis is to ascertain whether choice of courses in tertiaryinstitutions is the keen interest of the males and females students or has been influenced by parentsor guardians' decision to study. In addition, the adoption of this method helps to validate theimportance of Science and Technology to the female world, since the world is at present a globalvillage.