THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER OF UNDERGRADUATE CHEMISTRY/ CHEMISTRY EDUCATION STUDENTS ON PAINT PRODUCTION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The study compared male and female undergraduate Chemistry students’ learning outcomes on paint production who were trained using entrepreneurial skill package in two federal and two state universities in North Central Nigeria. Four hypotheses guided the study. The study employed non-randomized post-test only quasi experimental design. The research instrument was a validated and reliable 56-item Linkert type questionnaire which was administered on 236 undergraduate male and female Chemistry students to obtain responses on the difference between their mean score performances on paint production. The respondents were asked to indicate their gender on the instruments. Data collected were analyzed using t-test. The findings of the research showed that there were no statistical significant differences between the performance of the two dependent groups of male and female undergraduate Chemistry students on paint production using the developed entrepreneurial skills package. However, there was a significant difference between the male and female undergraduate Chemistry students in performance in favour of the male students.