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This study investigated the gender differences on teachers� Attitude towards creative students of senior secondary school students in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Nigeria. The study aims to find out the gender differences in teachers� attitude toward creative students in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. A sample of 381 respondents from a population of 70,162 senior secondary school students was used. A self-structured questionnaire titled: Students Creativity Performance Questionnaire (SCPQ) and Teachers� Creativity Attitude Questionnaire (TCAQ) was used for data collection. The TCAQ and SCPQ is a 28-item instrument designed along a four-point Likert scale. The validity and reliability of the instrument were determined by experts in the field and test-retest technique was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. Data collected were analysed through frequency count and means scores, while the hypotheses were tested using t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The study concludes that the attitude of teacher towards creativity and creative students is negative. The study established also that the creative performance of students is below average which suggests that the attitude of teachers have the effect of students� creative ability. It was recommended that there is a need for the government make creativity an essential aspect of the curricula to come up with creative products and innovations amongst students in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; Teachers should improve their attitude towards creative students in senior secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.