eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2013-10-17 1 1 355 358 10.12691/education-1-9-2 EDUCATION2013192 article Jacob Kola Aina akoja64@hotmail.com 1 Alexander Gbenga Ogundele 2 Shola Sunday Olanipekun 3 Physics Department College of Education (T) Lafiagi, Kwara State, Nigeria Metal Work Department College of Education (T) Lafiagi, Kwara State, Nigeria General Studies Department College of Education (T) Lafiagi, Kwara State, Nigeria This is a descriptive research of a correlation type where 120 students were sampled from a college of education to find out the relationship between proficiency in English language and academic performance among students of science and technical education. Findings revealed that there is correlation between proficiency in English language and academic performance of students in science and technical education; students in technical education performed better than their counterpart in science education; students who passed English language performed better than those who failed both in science and technical education. Some recommendations were suggested at the end of the study. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/1/9/2/education-1-9-2.pdf science education technical education English proficiency correlation academic performance