International Journal of Education and Research Vol. 1 No. 4 April 2013 1 MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE ON THE JAMB AND POST- JAMB SCORES OF STUDENTS (A CASE STUDY OF ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UTURU NIGERIA) NWOBI ANDERSON CHUKWUKAILO E-mail Address: andersonwobi@yahoo.com Department of Statistics Abia State Polytechnic, Aba Nigeria And OPARA JUDE E-mail Address: judend88@yahoo.com Department of Statistics, Imo State University PMB 2000, Owerri Nigeria ABSTRACT This research work is on the multivariate analysis of variance on the academic performance of students enrolled into Abia State University, Uturu Nigeria through JAMB and Post-JAMB scores using their faculties (schools) and their academic sessions. The SPSS software package was used for the data analysis. The results of the analysis revealed the following; there was no interaction between the academic sessions and the faculties on the academic performance of the students enrolled in Abia State University, Uturu via their JAMB and Post JAMB scores. The vector means performed the same in the five academic sessions. It has been concluded that both the academic sessions and the faculties do not affect the performance of students in JAMB and Post JAMB scores. Keywords: JAMB Scores, Post-JAMB Scores, Factor A (1) Effect, Factor B (2) Effect, Two- way MANOVA, Interaction Effect, Wilks’ Lambda Simultaneous Confidence Intervals for Contrasts. .