Abstract:
The study was conducted to find out whether undergraduate biology students' ordinary level results
and JAMB qualification can predict the students' academic achievement in Nigerian Universities.
The population of the study was 471 students. It included all undergraduate biology education
students of the School of Technology and Science Education (STSE) and all Zoology students of the
School of Life Science (SLS) who were at 500 level from 2006-2016 academic sessions. The
researcher utilized all biology students of the two stated schools in all the stated academic sessions as
sample. An inventory proforma tagged "Entry Qualification and Cumulative Grade Point Average
Proforma" (EQCGPAP) was used for data collection. Linear and multiple regression analysis were
used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that West
African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), Senior School Certificate Examination
(SSCE), National Business and Technical Certificate Examination (NBC/NTC) and Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME) did not predict biology student's academic achievement. It was
recommended among others that WAEC, NECO, NBC/NTC and JAMB bodies should be strict in
conducting their examinations to ensure that the entry grades indicate real achievement of the
candidates to be admitted so that the grades can predict future achievement. |
