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ABSTRACT What do you picture when you think of a teacher? Male or female, most people will probably think of a woman. If you think of a male teacher on the other hand, it is probably a specific teacher you had that made a specific impression in your mind. This made the researcher to undertake the study to find out empirically whether there are more female would-be teachers than male and why more female decide to enter teaching profession and what discourages men from making this ‘noble’ profession their greatest delight. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of all the students who had enrolled for the Nigeria Certificate in Education {N.C.E.} program in Akwa Ibom State College of Education from 2013/14 – 2017/18 Academic Sessions. The instrument used was the Matriculation lists of this institution. Two hypotheses and three research questions were used to guide the study and the data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square analysis. Conclusions were drawn that more female students enroll in C.O.E. than male students. Also, the researcher noticed that there are some intrinsic and extrinsic factors of attraction for female into teaching, than male. Recommendations were made that there should be better remuneration for teachers in order to attract both male and female to the profession as this will make for more balanced classroom delivery. Keywords: Female Students, Male Students, Teaching Profession and Colleges of Education.