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A reliability and validity index of instrument and techniques used for identifying and selecting upper primary school pupils for giftedness education in Nigeria are doubtful. These researchers constructed and preliminarily validated test instrument (called Giftedness Identification Instrument). The instrument test pupils in the area of Mathematics, Science and Technology (MST), Language arts (LA). Another non-test instrument in the area of peer nomination (PNS) and teacher nomination scale (TNS) were also used for identifying the gifted pupils in primary school. The researchers used instrumentation method cum correlational research design. The study was carried out in Imo and Abia State with a total population of 70517 made up of 47011 pupils and 23506 teachers. Multi-stage sampling technique involving cluster, stratified and purposive sampling were used in selecting the participants in the study. The sample size used for the study was 200 pupils and 100 teachers. The test instrument is made up of 50 items in mathematics, 30 in Science and Technology and 50 items in language art. Kuder Richardson formular [K-R21] was used to determine the reliability coefficients of the MST and LA which indexed 0.88 and 0.76 respectively. Means and standard deviation were used in answering the six research questions. The pairwise concurrent validity indices and the t-test statistical analysis were done using Statistic Package for Social Science (SPSS). Five null hypotheses were tested at p-value 0.05 level of significant. The instruments have high reliability and concurrent validity indices. These instruments are recommended for use in identifying and selecting pupils for giftedness education.