The purpose of this study was to find out gender differences in attitudinal variables towards mathematics among Pre-service Teachers in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana. A sample of one hundred students drawn by convenience sampling from the public College of Education was used for the study. The one hundred pre-service teachers (fifty males and fifty females) were conveniently selected from the second year form. The design for the study was a descriptive survey. The data were analysed using the t-test of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) programme to test the hypotheses in relation to the responses to the items in the questionnaire, which was based on the attitudinal variables (self-confidence, values, enjoyment and Motivation) towards mathematics. Based on the findings of this study, the main statistically significant difference occurred in the motivation to pursue mathematics in farvour of the male pre-service teachers. Finally, it was also recommended that administrators and mathematics tutors in the public Colleges of Education in the Brong-Ahafo Region should adopt strategies that suggest to students that they have what it takes to go through their mathematics studies successfully.
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