This study was conducted on the effects of computer-aided instruction on students? academic performance in financial accounting in Federal Colleges of Education; North-west Geo-political Zone, Nigeria. Four research questions were raised to guide the study. Four null hypotheses were formulated for the study and tested at the probability 0.05 level of significance. Quasi-experimental research design was used for the study. The population of the study was eight hundred and twenty five (825) business education[n students. Purposive sampling was used to select Federal College of Education (Technical) Bichi with population of one hundred and seventeen students and the same number was used for the sample size. The data collection exercise lasted for four (4) weeks. Descriptive Statistics (mean and standard deviation) were used to answer the research questions and t-test was used to test all the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significant. The result of the study revealed that both Microsoft excel and Power-point presentation had positive effects on students? performance in teaching financial accounting. The study also revealed that there was no significant difference in the performance of female students taught financial accounting using Microsoft Excel and those taught using power-point presentation. The study further revealed that using Microsoft Excel to teach financial accounting is better than using the Power-point presentation in Federal College of Education (Technical) Bichi- Kano, Nigeria. Based on the findings of this study, the researcher proffer three recommendations, amongst which is that financial accounting teachers should be trained and re-trained on how to use the accounting computer packages.