4 DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
The fndings showed that the secondary school certfcate students performed relatvely beter than their City
and Guilds certfcate counterparts when the mean scores are considered. The signifcant diference in the level
of academic performance between the two groups could be atributed to the diference in academic
background of both groups in terms of their entry qualifcatons (Ihiegbulem, 1992, Geiser & Santelices, 2007);
and the type of schools they atended. While one group atended secondary schools, the other atended
technical colleges. This fnding is consistent with results reported by Kyoshaba (2009); Considine and Zappala