STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON GENDER EQUALITY AND ENROLMENT OF STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA: A CASE OF SCHOOL OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES - MODIBBO ADAMA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA

This paper examines gender pattern in undergraduate students' enrolment in the School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola. The research examines the gender intake of undergraduate students’ enrolment and analysing the gender pattern of the enrolment according to course of study in Modibbo Adama University of Technology. Data on students' enrolment were collected for a period of four years and analysed using Z-Test Statistic. The results of the analysis showed that there is gender inequality in the enrolment of students in School of Pure and Applied Sciences. Some courses such as Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Operations Research are gender bias. On the basis of this finding we conclude that the target of 2015 for Millennium Development Goals Number 3, which made emphasis on gender equality, may not be achieved. In conclusion recommendations are made on how to improve on gender equality in courses studied in our universities.