Students Admitted Through Post Ume Screening Tests

Purpose of Research This study grew out of curiosity to find out how students admitted through Post UME screening tests for three years running are doing in their academic work. The recent ban of the Post-UME screening exercise by the minister of education and reintroduction of the Post-UME scheme after persuasion from the union of Vice-Chancellors in July prior to the commencement of admission in 2016 has made me develop interest in the topic. The literature at my disposal has been carried out to evaluate the quality of academic performance of engineering students admitted through Post UME screening test. This study is therefore well-timed and well positioned to generate data for improving the exercise if it does have an effect in the academic performance. The purpose of the research therefore, is to evaluate the academic performance of the students admitted through Post UME screening test. Also to look critically at the generated data that will prove their superiority over their predecessors who were admitted through their UME scores in 2004 before the screening process was introduced. Hypothesis of the Study To compare the various groups in this study, hypothesis was stated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Hypothesis: There will be no significant difference in academic performance between engineering students in various programs admitted through Post UME screening and those admitted through UME scores. Methodology The method utilized for this study was