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This research was carried out to ascertain the impact of Multimedia and Hypermedia of students' academic achievement on basic electricity technology subjects in Oyo State Government Technical Colleges, Nigeria. Quasi experimental design involving pretest, posttest and non-randomized comparison group was used for the study. Two research questions and two hypotheses were raised to guide the study. A total of one hundred (100) final year students of basic electricity in electrical and electronic Department from the five Oyo State Government Technical Colleges constitute the Population of the study. Basic Electricity Achievement Test (BEAT) with 4o test items involving application of multimedia and hypermedia resources was used for the instrument for data collection. The instrument was subjected to face and content validity by ICT experts in Emmanuel Alayande University of Education ICT Centre. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Pearson Product Moment Correlation to obtain 0.85, while the Kuder- Richarddson (K-R20) formular was used to determine the internal consistency and the result obtained was 0.78 as pilot study conducted in two of Osun State Technical Colleges Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research questions while the Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was employed to test the hypotheses that guided the study. The findings from the study revealed that multimedia and hypermedia instructions were effective in enhancing students' academic achievement of the students in basic electricity. The study findings was found out to be effective and reliable as there was a significant difference between the main effects of gender (male and female) on students 'academic achievement of the students in basic electricity. The study recommended for the adoption of multimedia and hypermedia instructional resources, also advocating for training and retraining of teachers and students on effective utilization of multimedia and hypermedia instructional resources.