School Location and Gender Differential on Chemistry Achievement among Secondary School Students in FCT, Abuja

Abstract

The study investigated school location and gender differential on Chemistry achievement among senior secondary students in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The sample of the study composed 400 students, 275 males and 143 females selected from eight public senior secondary schools in urban, semi-urban, rural and semi-rural locations in FCT Abuja. Four research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. The design adopted for this research was ex-post facto design. The data was analyzed using mean and standard deviation and the hypothesis were tested using ANOVA. The findings indicated that gender has no influence on students' achievement in Chemistry in the same location, but school location is a determinant on students' achievement in Chemistry.