Abstract: This study was designed to find out if there exist any significant relationship between the school certificate grade in English Language and the Federal University of Technology Akure Grade in GNS 104 Course, (Information Retrieval). The study was also to find out if the school certificate grade in English Language could be used to predict students` grade in GNS 104. A total of Two hundred and thirty-eight part one students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) 2000/2001 session were used for the study. The data for the study consisted of the students` grades in English Certificate examination and the FUTA grades in GNS 104. The data was subjected to appropriate statistical procedures by finding the person`s product moment correlation coefficient. The regression coefficient was also calculated. The result of the study showed that there is a very low relationship between the school certificate grades in English Language and FUTA grades in Information Retrieval Course (GNS 104). The result also showed that, the school certificate grade is a very weak predicator of the student`s performances in the University Examinations. The implication of this study is that Nigerian Tertiary Institution should not rely much on the school certificate examination grade. They should rather rely more on the JAMB examination result or examination organized by individual University.