ABSTRACT
This study is conducted to measure the Artistic Creative Abilities of some selected post primary students in Gongola State, A sample of 389 Form and IV students (203 males and 186 females drawn from some selected post primary schools in Gongola State were used for the study. The standardised test of visual perception - The Zaria Test of Artistic Creative Abilities - ZAATA (Olorukooba (1981) was used for the purpose of data collection. Two Hypotheses were tested: 1) There will be no significant variation in the correlation of the mean performances of the students in all the test scales taking into account the following: a) sex differences, b) age groups - 15-19 years, 20-29 years and 30 years and above, c) school type - Teachers'college/ secondary school. 2) There will be no significant difference in the students nerformance in all the test scales taking into account the following: a) sex differences, b) age groups, c) school type. The Data collected was analysed through the use of spearman correlation i-iatric and Lruskal- WalELis' U significance Test (K-W's U). All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance., From the results of the study the following results were obtained. a) The overall performance of the students sampled is somehow low. b) There is no very significant variation in the correlation of the student mean performance in respect of sex difference and age groups. The only place where there exists a variation is the school types sampled. c) There is no significant difference in their performance in respect of sex differences and age groups, but the study proved that there is a significant difference in their performance considering the school type tested. The computation shows that four tests out of the five conducted have a very high level d of significance: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, and 0.01 respectively. Based on the results of the analyses, certain findings and recommendations were made to aid in improving the standard of art teaching in order to enhance creative development in schools. Victoria Baunice Lagwajajia(Hrs)