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November 15, 2019 - The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Examinations for candidates seeking admission into the university have since posed serious challenges to some students. JAMB has gradually become one of the most feared name in the education sect ...

September 30, 2019 - Every serious student who gains admission into a tertiary institution has the aim of graduating with a first class distinction or degree. However, the reality is that the number of first class students who graduate each year is less than the number o ...

September 25, 2019 - Succeeding in University Part 8: What’s Your Learning Style? Different people have different learning styles. Style refers to a student’s specific learning preferences and actions. One student may learn more effectively from listening to the ...

September 20, 2019 - Succeeding in University Part 7: How You Learn This article aims to help you understand and make effective use of the four steps of the learning process. One of the first steps for becoming a successful student is to understand the learning process i ...

September 19, 2019 - Succeeding in University Part 6: Exploring the Different Types of Students You’ll Meet In School This article aims to help you understand how you may be similar to, and different from, other traditional students or returning students. It also d ...

September 18, 2019 - Reading a mathematics textbook is important for succeeding academically in many science-related fields, and this is also true in your mathematics classes. However, reading mathematics is different from other types of reading. How to Effectively Read ...

September 5, 2019 - Maybe you were class prefect in secondary school. You may have graduated in the top percentile of your graduating class; maybe you were even valedictorian. Possibly you were in a class or group of high scorers. On the other hand, maybe you didn’ ...

April 27, 2019 - Succeeding in University Part 5: Liking Yourself as a Student and Why That Matters Of all the factors that affect how well one does in university, attitude is probably the single most important. A positive attitude leads to motivation, and someone wh ...

April 21, 2019 - Succeeding in University Part 4: Your Past Educational Experience It is important to understand how the university is different from secondary school and how well your own past educational experiences have prepared you for what you will find in a uni ...

April 20, 2019 - Succeeding in University Part 3: Thinking Ahead to a Course and Career If you’ve just begun university, should you already know what career you seek in the future and what courses you should take or what you should take? Good question! Some st ...