DOI: 10.36347/sjet.2018.v06i12.002

Pages: 382-386

This work investigated the effect of gender on academic achievement and retention of students of colleges of education (technical) in technical drawing .The design of the study was pretest, posttest quasi experimental design. The study was carried out in colleges of education (technical) in Anambra and Enugu States of Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The population for the study was 122 year one students of school of technical education at Federal college of education (technical) Umunze in Anambra State and Enugu State college of education (technical) in Enugu State . The instrument used for data collection was technical drawing achievement test (TAT).The instrument had three versions: pretest, posttest and retention test which were the same except for the reshuffling and swapping of the questions and options of the 60 questions used for the study. The instrument was subjected to face and content validation. The reliability coefficient using Kuder Richardson (K-R 20) was 0.78.The reliability test was conducted using 20 students at Federal college of education (technical) Asaba in Delta State of Nigeria. Data collected for the study were analyzed using mean with standard deviation to answer all the research questions. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The major finding was that the male students of colleges of education (technical) have a better academic achievement and retention in technical drawing when compared to their female counterparts. Based on the finding, it was recommended that the education of girls in technical drawing and technology education should be encouraged.