Thursday, 17 January 2013

GENDER AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE


Adejumo (1976), some studies and researches have been carried out to determine the factors influencing the achievement of Agricultural Science. Among these factors is the role of gender in science and technological courses and comes up that the performance of the students was independent of gender.
Therefore, it is important to note that the concept of sex role and teachers influence when considering the effects of gender on students academic achievements in school.
Sofolahan and Odunsi (2001) and (20020 stated that the positive influence caused by gender differences to the academic performance of student is very definite and that there is no conclusive evidence that understanding of science is “sex based”.
It has been observed that female question for social science was seen as compromise with societal expectation and the needs to choose career, which filled in line with marriage.
Furthermore, the relatively small number of science and science related occupation is a common feature all round the world.
Beothroyd and Chapman (2005) stated that countries with higher female enrolment rates have showed lower facility and materials, morality and higher life expectancy than countries with low female enrolment rate.

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