TITLE:
Students’ Entry Qualification and Academic Performance in Basic Schools of Nursing in Enugu State between 1995 and 1999
AUTHORS:
Ngozi P. Ogbonnaya, Perpetua O. U. Okpuruka, Peace N. Iheanacho, Afam Ndu
KEYWORDS:
Academic Performance, Entry Qualification, Schools of Nursing
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.5 No.10,
June
19,
2014
ABSTRACT: This study was a
descriptive study of the correlation type, carried out to find out the
relationship between entry qualification and academic performance in two basic schools
of nursing in Enugu State, South-East, Nigeria, between 1995 and 1999. The
study retrospectively examined the scores of a sample of 390 nursing students.
Data were O’ level GCE/SSCE Grades, representing the entry qualification; and
the final pre-qualifying examination result scores, representing the final
academic performance collected from student records and analyzed based on the
formulated hypotheses. Pearson’s product-moment Coefficient of Correlation and
t-test were used to compare performances. A positive correlation which was
statistically significant was found between entry qualifications and final
performance. One of the schools performed better than the other, while science-
based students performed better than non-science-based students. It was
recommended that relevant regulatory bodies should ensure that prospective
student nurses get credit passes in all the basic sciences as part of the
requirements for admission.