COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS

ABSTRACT: The main objective of this study us to compare the performance of male and female students in English and mathematics using Ogbomosho South Local Government in Oyo State as case study. The study adopted the survey research design and randomly enrolled participants using the convenience sampling technique to choose the sample size in the study. A total of 141 responses were validated from the enrolled participants where all respondent are student and teachers of selected secondary school in Ogbomosho Local Government of Oyo State. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables and percentage. Hypothesis test was conducted using T-test statiscal tool (Spss v.2.3). This study is anchored on Bandura (1986)’s social learning theory since it emphasizes the importance of biological, social and cultural impacts on human behavioural development and learning especially on gender and genders specific traits and roles. Findings from the study revealed that there was a significant difference between the performance of single and mixed-gender male students in both pretest and posttest. Equally too, the single-gendered male students performed better than the mixed-gender male ones and the results of the single-gender male students were generally encouraging while that of mixed gender male students was very poor. It was therefore, concluded that the single-gender streaming was effective in enhancing better academic performance for male students especially in English language and Mathematic in Oyo State. Consequently, the researcher recommends that the Oyo State Government Encourages the single-gender stream system through a vibrant, viable and feasible policy with workable implementation strategy.