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This study highlights gender parity among the History and International Studies Students of Kogi State University, Anyigba. This research further demystifies aspects of gender disparity. To this extent, it brings to the fore our historical knowledge of gender issues that affect contemporary global history. Study of this kind among History students at Kogi State University has never been carried out before now. The chronological scope covers only 2010-2019. Although 2019 is included, the researcher could not access the 2019 admission list at the time of compiling this result. It will be included in the subsequent analyses. It is however good to note that the admission list for 2019 is inconsequential to what obtains from 2010-2018. A qualitative approach based on the historical method is used in analyzing issues relating to gender studies. This means primary and secondary sources of information are used. The primary source includes oral interviews of some selected students in the Department of History while the secondary source includes written records based on an interdisciplinary approach. Given the information gathered from the students, the result shows active enrolment of female students in the History Department and positive students’ attitude to studies as against what was obtained in the previous years. This finding tends to prove wrong; the stereotypic belief is that males are usually considered by parents to acquire formal education than female peers. This will serve as a guide and a reference point to all and sundry who would want to consider this type of research.

Gender Parity, Students, History Department, Kogi State University,