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WEST AFRICAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE PHYSICS EXAMINATION ACHIEVEMENT AS PREDICTOR OF PHYSICS EDUCATION STUDENTS’ GENDER CLASS OF DEGREE IN NORTH CENTRAL, NIGERIA

NA'ALLAH ABUBAKAR AHMED

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NA'ALLAH ABUBAKAR AHMED Corresponding Author

Physics Department, School Of Science, College Of Education, Akwanga, Nigeria.

ORCID: 0009-0000-4421-9635

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06 Aug 2026
Published
10 Sep 2026

Abstract

This study investigates the West African School Certificate Physics examination achievement as a predictor of Physics Education students’ gender and class of degree in North Central, Nigeria. Ex-post facto design was adopted for the study. The study population comprised 989 Physics Education graduates from universities who completed their programme from 2014/2015 to 2018/2019 sessions. Multistage sampling techniques were employed to sample 694 (442 Males and 252 Females) students. The Physics Entry Qualifications and Universities Degree Proforma (PEQUDP) was employed as an instrument for data collection, whose reliability index was 0.84, obtained using Cronbach's Alpha. The research questions were answered with Pearson Product-Moment Correlation, while the null hypotheses were tested with Regression analysis. The findings reveal that Male students' WASSCE Physics grades significantly predicted their class of degrees in Physics Education (t=9.968; p=0.000 α=0.05); Female students' WASSCE Physics grades significantly predicted their class of degrees in Physics Education (t=4.588; p=0.000 α=0.05). The study recommends that WASSCE Physics grades should serve as a criterion for admitting students into university programmes because they predict gender achievement; gender equality should be considered in students’ enrolment to increase the number of female students to serve as role models.

Keywords: Achievement, Class of Degree, Gender, Predictor, Physics Education.Introduction

Correction Notice

Abstract: line 2, exclude and, between gender and class of degree. Statement of Problem: page 4, line 7, replace for in place of as in WASSCE is used as admission. Objective: page 5, in Objective 1: exclude examination from West African Secondary school Certificate Examination Physics. In objective 2: line 2, exclude in Physics Education. In page 8, first paragraph, line 3, replace 0.876 with 0.388.

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APA

AHMED, N. A. (2026). WEST AFRICAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE PHYSICS EXAMINATION ACHIEVEMENT AS PREDICTOR OF PHYSICS EDUCATION STUDENTS’ GENDER CLASS OF DEGREE IN NORTH CENTRAL, NIGERIA. Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies, 1(7). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22683714

MLA

AHMED, NA'ALLAH ABUBAKAR. "WEST AFRICAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE PHYSICS EXAMINATION ACHIEVEMENT AS PREDICTOR OF PHYSICS EDUCATION STUDENTS’ GENDER CLASS OF DEGREE IN NORTH CENTRAL, NIGERIA." Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies, vol. 1, no. 7, 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22683714

Chicago

AHMED, NA'ALLAH ABUBAKAR. "WEST AFRICAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE PHYSICS EXAMINATION ACHIEVEMENT AS PREDICTOR OF PHYSICS EDUCATION STUDENTS’ GENDER CLASS OF DEGREE IN NORTH CENTRAL, NIGERIA." Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies 1, no. 7 (2026). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22683714

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