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STUDENT?S PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER INSTITUTION DEPENDS ON THEIR O-LEVEL RESULT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT OF NASARAWA STATE POLYTECHNICS, LAFIA.

Rilwanu Y. M, Oche D. S & Ehada M. I.

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Abstract Many researches have been carried out to examine the factors affecting higher institution students? performance. The focus of this research is on the performance of polytechnic students with regards to their performance in the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination(SSCE). Sample of 50 students were randomly selected from a population of 152 registered students in their second year academic sessions. Results of National Diploma II and Senior Secondary Certificate Examination(SSCE)were obtained. The methodology employed was Simple Regression Analysis with Estimated Model as Y= ? ?0+ ? ?1x .Y= 2.009 + 0.019x,Y= 3.069 - 0.041 x. The test proved that the academic performance of students in the polytechnic did not depend on their SSCE performance from the analysis computed since the calculated p-value is (0.002) < ?-value (0.05), we reject the Null hypothesis and concluded that students? performance at higher institution is independent of their o-level performance. The researched recommended that students with low performance in their o-level result can proceed to higher institution of learning like polytechnics.

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