International Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research (IJAMR)   Year: 2022 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 7 | Page No.: 6-10 Gender Variation, Internet Accessibility and Students Academic Performance Download PDF Paul Sunday ADEGOKE and Babatunde Kasim OLADELE Abstract: The role played by the Internet in improving student performance cannot be overemphasized. However, the world is more concerned about gender equality and the poise of fixing this disparity. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the relationship between gender variation and access to the Internet with respect to secondary school students' academic performance. This study adopted a survey research design involving a multistage sampling method. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 300 secondary school students from each of Ogbomosho Metropolis' five local government areas in Oyo State, Nigeria. According to the findings of the study, 68.3 percent (205) of respondents had Internet access, while 31.7 percent (95) did not. Men made up 76.7 percent of the 205 respondents who had Internet access. Academic performance did not differ significantly between male and female respondents. Gender variation and Internet access have a significant combined influence on student success in agricultural science (F (2,297) = 37.082, P<0.05), while gender variation has a positive significant effect on agricultural science achievement (=.511; t=10.301; p<0.05). Internet access was also associated with higher levels of agricultural science achievement (=.090; t=1.801; p0.05). Internet access was also positively but not significantly associated with achievement in agricultural science (=.090; t=1.801; p>0.05). As a result, it is possible to conclude that there is a need to increase female students' Internet access and encourage adolescents to use the Internet to improve their academic performance.