Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination As Predictor Of Students’ Final Degree Results
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSRJRME) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 5
Abstract
The study investigated how the Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (PUTME) predicts students’ final degree results using Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State as a case study.The study adopted the descriptive and correlational research design using a sample of 389 students from five departments gotten through cluster and purposive sampling techniques. Data for the study was gotten through the use of archival information, which were subsequently analyzed using simple linear regression coefficient for the research questions and ANOVA associated with linear regression for the hypotheses. Result revealed that with the exception of students in microbiology, PUTME was a poor predictor of students’ final academic performance in the other four departments investigated. It was therefore recommended that students should be admitted through various methods such as departmental interview and only those who are meritorious should be given admission as against the use of catchment area and educationally less developed states.
Authors and Affiliations
Njoku, J. U (Phd. ), Ugochukwu . , Ruth Chioma
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