Al-Hikmah University Journal

The study investigated the influence of gender and birth order on the academic performance among 200 randomly selected Secondary School students in Ondo, Ondo State. A standardized and valid questionnaire directed toward senior secondary school students were administered on the participants.  Fourresearch hypotheses were raised and tested at 0.05 level of significance Data collected were analyzed using multiple regression statistics, t-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Fisher's Least Significance Difference (LSD) Analysis. The result revealed that the linear combination of the effect of gender and birth order to the prediction of academic performance was significant accounting for 3.1% of academic performance (F(2,97) = 2.610, p<0.05). Each of the independent variables also made significant individual contribution to prediction of the academic performance in varying weights with that of birth-order not being significant. There was a significant difference in the students’ academic performance between male and female participants. It was recommended amongst many that Secondary school students should be encouraged to become more enlightened with their gender and birth order.