Fun And Educative Ways To Spend Your Holiday

After series of rigorous class works, tests and exams, what every students look up to is the final bell that signals the coming in of an holiday. It is a very fascinating period in the academic calendar as a Lot of students anticipate eagerly for it to commence.
Prior to its commencement, especially on the last day in school, there are a couple of students who had already packed their luggage ready for the journey ahead to their destinations. It is a period I always looked forward to in school.

Tips On Exam Success

As classes gradually draws to end, there are a lot of several social curricular activities going on in campus which can get you so entangled into its euphoria that you forget that exam is around the corner. Exam periods are one of the dreadful periods to a lot of students. Some students see it as a very boring exercise intended to make a living hell out of students while others see it as an avenue to express their intellectual abilities.

NYSC ORIENTATION: ITEMS NEEDED IN CAMP

Hello there! I know you are very excited about the much anticipated service to your fatherland after what seems like forever to come by. As you know, the National Youth Service Corps [NYSC) is a program established on the 22nd of May, 1973 after the Nigeria Civil war to foster unity and peace among the Nigerian youth. It is a scheme that aims to promote love and cultural tolerance in order to quell any hatred that has been propagated following the unfortunate incident occurred during the Civil war.

More? Click On NYSC About Page and or NYSC Wikipedia Page

 

OK, enough of the stories and let's get down to business. As you are happily preparing and looking forward to resuming in camp, it is pertinent to note that there are items that you need to take along with you for the three [3) weeks orientation camp. After reading through this, you will be glad you did because by then, you must have done yourself a lot of good by doing what is right and avoiding unnecessary delay and trouble.

OVERCOMING BOREDOM IN CLASS

A lot of students have complained about being bored while in school. The factors that brought about this may not be limited to unengaging lecturers, poor students inter relation, finding the course lecturer or lecture uninteresting, over repeatition of course syllabus etc. Boredom in itself is not always bad. You can overcome boredom in school without necessrily disobeying school rules. When you are bored, there are a lot of fun things you can do to help you use your time more productively. You can do this by focusing your attention to last week's event, distracting yourself, playing some fun games, multitasking, brainstorming etc. Boredom can be related to stress, depression or general lack of interest. Below are some of the tips that you can apply when you are in a state of boredom.

SECRETS OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS

Scientifically speaking, every individual have the same number of brain cells, but the extent to which we utilize and put these cells to work is what matters. No one is born exceptionally brilliant, it is the collective work done on their part that made them stand out academically more than others.

It is the utmost desire of every student to come out with an outstanding result from the university. A lot of young folks came into the school with a very promising academic future and prospects. One thing you must know is that the university system is quite different from your secondary school settings. A freshman may experience some certain things like absence of assembly queues, all information and updates are pasted on the notice boards, free movement with little or no supervision etc.

MAINTAINING AN HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR LECTURERS

 

Healthy and good relationship with your lecturers comes with a lot of advantages even during in and out of school. Having to put in a good recommendation for your work done, standing as a referee during job hunt or becoming your academic mentor or advisor are few of the advantanges you would probably enjoy. It is so saddening that most undergraduate students do not consider it necessary to get closer to their lecturers because they felt that they wouldn’t be needing them after school.

FACTS TO CONSIDER BEFORE CHOICE OF SCHOOL

Over the years, a lot of admission seekers have been faced with a very important question when they are about to fill the JAMB form.

This single question has been causing a lot of disagreement between parents and their wards. This question is the choice of school when filling out the form. It always appeared that most students prefer to apply to a university where their friends are, or a school where they are free from the prying eyes of their parents. Parents on the other hand, would always love their kids to study in a nearby school so they can keep watch of their wards.

Choosing a school is a one time big task and the process can really be overwhelming. There are a lot of factors or variables that must be considered before choice of school. Since you're going to spend up to four, five years plus of your life in the confinement of an educational block should be given due consideration.

JAMB PLANS TO END USE OF SCRATCH CARDS FOR REGISTRATION AND RESULT CHECKING.

 
 
Report reaching us stated that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB may soon end the use of scratch cards
for JAMB registration and result checking.

This was disclosed on Tuesday by the JAMB registrar, prof Ishaq Oloyede in a meeting with the National Executive Council of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) in Abuja.

UNIVERSITY ADMISSION SCAMMERS- BEWARE!

This is a warning to all students who wrote WAEC, NECO, GCE or its equivalence and are hopefully waiting for the school screening exercise to remain vigilant and steadfast
as some internet fraudsters are on the loose to feast on their prey. This warning goes to candidates who are admitted already as well as those who are awaiting admission. 

It has come to our notice that a lot of miscreants who parade themselves as admission officers, jamb official or school staff and offer to admit students or claims to know someone who can give offer an admission slot. They often come in form of having you call a number which definitely belongs to one of their cronies in the guise to offer you an admission slot.

UNIVERSITY SCREENING REQUIREMENTS

Following the directive given by JAMB to all Nigerian universities to speed up their admission process before the stipulated deadline given.
Initially, most schools were reluctant to follow the new directive and resorted into their traditional method of admission. With JAMB unwavering stand on no more post utme, some schools have already complied meanwhile some are at loggerheads with JAMB.

This new method of screening policy was adopted by JAMB to make admission process transparent and that to ensure that the number of exams taken before one is admitted to study in the university is reduced.

2016 UNIVERSITY ADMISSION DEADLINE CANNOT BE POSTPONE - Prof Ishaq

The 2016 Admission Deadline; Yesterday, the Joint

Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) made it clear that the deadline for the conclusion of admissions into higher institutions for 2016 remains effective.

This was disclosed by the Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, during his address at the opening of an Extra-Ordinary Technical Committee Meeting on 2016 Admissions to First Choice Institutions which was held at the Baze University, Abuja. 2016 Admission Deadline

UNIBEN 2016 JUPEB ADMISSION APPLICATION

Application is on for the 2016/2017 Uniben JUPEB admission exercise. The application which was extended till midnight of 26th September and the screening examination is stated to be on the 7th of October, 2016.

EKITI BESTS OTHER STATES IN THE 2016 NECO EXAMS

The Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE)  results released by the National Examination Council (NECO) on friday showed that Ekiti is gradually taking back their rightful position.