%0 Journal Article
%T Entry Qualifications as Predictors of Performance in Final Year Bachelor of Education Degrees in Universities in Ondo and Ekiti States, Nigeria
%J American Journal of Economics
%@ 2166-496X
%D 2013
%I 
%R 10.5923/j.economics.20130301.08
%X This paper investigated entry qualifications as predictor of success in final year bachelor of education degree in universities in Ondo and Ekiti States, Nigeria. As an ex-post facto research, the study population comprised all the 4 universities in the 2 States. Out of this, 2 universities were selected for the study. The method of selection was by purposive sampling technique. An inventory was used to collect data for the study while the data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, chi square statistic, correlation matrix, regression analysis of variance and multiple regression. The findings show that the WAEC entry qualification was the best predictor of success in the final year Bachelor of Education degree in the 2 universities. It was then recommended that more emphasis should be placed on the WAEC examination results as entry qualifications in admitting students into the bachelor of education degree programmes in universities in Ondo and Ekiti States, Nigeria.
%K Entry
%K Qualifications
%K Predictors
%K Performance
%K Bachelor
%K Degrees
%U http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.economics.20130301.08.html