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How To Graduate With First Class In Any Tertiary Institution
naijaloaded.com.ng Wednesday, October 25, 2017 13:00

It is the dream of many students to graduate with first class honour, but only few achieve it. Is it about the pride in saying, “I graduated with first class” or the great demand for first class graduates in the labour market? Is it about making your parent proud or because of other reasons?

Whatever your reason, you are about to know the secrets to become a first class student…

First of all, ask yourself if you really want to graduate with first class. If your answer is yes, you are one step ahead. Secondly, ask yourself, ‘can I graduate with first class’? If your answer is yes, you are two steps ahead. That is the spirit you need.

The final and most important question is “how do I graduate with first class?”, which is the question that gave birth to this article. So, let’s answer the question:

1. DEVELOP A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

If you make God number one in your agenda, he will make you number one. While you are on campus, you will faced with different crises(physically and sometimes spiritually). The only solution is to pray to God Almighty.

2. SET A SMART GOAL
You have to set a goal before you can achieve it. Your target goal must be Smart, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely(SMART). At the beginning of each academic session, choose the scores and grades you wish to have in all your courses and write it down. You can’t possible make a first class when your target goal is to graduate with a second class. So, get your goals right and make it smart.

3. STAY FOCUSED
Making the decision, “I want to graduate with first class” Is quite easy to say. Keeping the dream alive is the difficult one. When you face crises on campus, don’t despair and keep your head straight up. Remain focused and determined towards achieving your goal(To graduate with first class).

It is very certain that a lot of things will want to distract and discourage you, but you have to remain focused and determined. That is the spirit you need to graduate with first class.

4. USE YOUR TIME THE RIGHT WAY
If you want to graduate with first class in school, you have to manage your time effectively. Know how to use your time the right way. Do not place anything above your academic works. Studies first, then others follow. Don’t waste your time on social activities.

5. ATTEND CLASSES, PRACTICALS AND TUTORIALS
If you are willing to graduate with first class, you must not take this point lightly. Strive to attend all lectures and practicals, join study tutorials and discuss academic works with mates. Don’t take any of your academic work with levity. When doing this, ensure you are punctual. There is no class that is not important, you will learn at least one new thing in every lecture.

You will also have the opportunity to ask questions directly from lecturers and get first-class answer. Do you even know that lecturers ask questions that will come out of examination during lectures? Yes, they do. If you are wise, that is an expo for you.

6. BE AHEAD OF OTHERS
Who is a first class graduate? A graduate among other graduates that is ahead of others academically based on his/her report. So, if you want to become a first class graduate, you have to be ahead of others. Read ahead of others, read ahead of your
examination, read ahead of your lecturers, read ahead of your mates. You want to be a first class graduate, so you must be ahead.

7. DISCOVER YOURSELF
What works for Paul might not work for Peter. While some students cram for examination to become first class graduate, cramming for examination might not work you. Know yourself, be yourself. Discover your most effective study time, discover your most effective study method, know your strengths and weaknesses. Work on these discoveries and use them the right way.

8. KNOW YOUR LECTURERS AND YOUR SCHOOL
Each school has its own way of conduct, and also each lecturer has his/her own system. One man’s food is another man’s poison. While some lecturers like students that write additional information in examination and give them bonus marks, other lecturers don’t like it and remove marks. How do you know which lecturer like this and which lecturer hate that? Simple….. Through observation, asking questions in class, answering questions in class and by asking your seniors in school, you’ll know each lecturer and what their expectations are.

9. DEVELOP THE RIGHT ATTITUDE
You know what? You can’t graduate with first class when you don’t behave like one. You will hear your mates and seniors saying “Nobody has ever passed the course of this lecturer”, “Nobody can get an A in this course”, and so on.
You have to develop the right attitude and say to yourself, “Yes, I can do it”. Don’t follow what the crowd say, majority can be wrong sometimes. Neglect all negative thoughts and develop a positive attitude.

10. ASSOCIATE WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE
Show me your friends and I’ll tell you…………… what you’ll graduate with. Yes, the type of people you associate with will determine whether you will pass or fail. If you want to graduate with first, work with people of the same thought, mindset and are also hardworking. If you are brilliant, associate with brilliant students. If you are an average students, associate with above average students.
Walk with students that will influence your life positively.

11. SEEK HELP
Nobody has been created perfectly well, you have to understand that. Always seek help with your academic works where needed. If you don’t understand a course or assignment, seek the help of your lecturer or seniors to explain to you. Even when you know it, seek help on it. You’ll definitely gain another knowledge.

12. DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF PAST QUESTIONS
Most lecturers don’t have the time to prepare examination questions, they usually have a lot to do. As a result, they bring out majority of their questions from past questions. Go to your seniors, ask them for past questions and solve them. This is another expo you need to pass your examination and graduate with a first class.

13. TAKE DOWN CORRECT AND COMPREHENSIVE NOTES
When you attend lectures, make sure you take down correct notes directly from your lecturers and jot down every point. Don’t depend on the note you’ll copy from your mates, do you know whether he/she has written down the right note. That is why you need to right down notes by yourself, you are rest assured that you are reading the right note.

14. DEVELOP A PERSONAL INTEREST IN YOUR COURSE
If you don’t develop interest in your course, you won’t enjoy it while studying for examination. When you don’t enjoy your study time, your study becomes ineffective. No matter the nature of your course, you need to develop personal interest in it.

15. BE DISCIPLINED AND DILIGENT
It is impossible to follow all the points mentioned above if you are not disciplined and diligent. If you really want to be a first class student, you must build the act of discipline and diligence. Always control yourself and provide some set of rules you want to follow while you are on your way to graduate with first class.

Happy new month to u all

UTME: 569,395 candidates score over 200
marks – Registrar ON August 22, 2017 5:55 PM / IN News / BY Okogba / Comments The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
on Tuesday said 569,395 of the 1.7 million
candidates that wrote this year’s UTME scored
over 200 marks. JAMB-CBT-Centre Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar, JAMB, disclosed this
at the policy meeting of the stakeholders of Tertiary
Institutions in Abuja. He said 23.8 per cent of the total number of the
candidates scored below 160 marks. He said the stakeholders unanimously agreed that
the minimum cut-off marks for university degree is
to stand at 120. The stakeholders, according to him, peg that of
Polytechnic to be 100, College of Education 100,
while National Innovative Enterprise Institution
remained at 110 marks. The registrar said the timelines for admission of first
choice was October 15, while second choice would
be December 15. Oloyede urged the heads of the various tertiary
institutions to set their modalities for admissions
exercises as it was not the board’s responsibility. He said that no candidate without O’ Level
prerequisite would be offered admission. “JAMB has a Central Admissions Processing
System (CAPS) to aid you on the admission
exercises. “CAPS will not replace admission processes of
institutions. It will enable institutions to simply
communicate with JAMB in a more dynamic and
timely manner. “ It will also allow for flexible cut-off marks and
candidates are allowed to make their choice of
institution and course,’’ he said. The registrar, however, appealed to heads of
institutions not to charge more than N2,000 for
admissions’ processes. In his remark, the Minister of Education, Malam
Adamu Adamu, commended the board for
conducting the UTME. According to him, the stakeholders have worked
together to create synergy for advancement of
education in the country. “We restate our commitment to ensure expansion
of access to students in our institutions “To ensure equity in regard to rural and urban
areas; we are committed to refocusing our curricula
to meet our development need,’’ he said. Adamu, however, advised heads of institutions to
accommodate qualified candidates in the most
transparent and flexible manner. The meeting was attended by stakeholders in both
public and private tertiary institutions.

Breaking: JAMB pegs varsity cut-off mark at
120 ON August 22, 2017 5:57 PM / IN News / BY Nwafor Polycarp / Comments By Joseph Erunke …Polytechnics, monotechnics at 100 ABUJA-THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board, JAMB, has fixed 120 as minimum cut-off
mark for admission into universities in the 2017
Academic calendar.
Similarly, the board pegged entry qualifications
benchmark into polytechnics, colleges of education and monotechnics at 100.
But candidates seeking degree admission into the
colleges of education must equally possess 120 like
that of the universities.
This was the fallout of the policy committee meeting
the board had with stakeholders in education sector, Monday , in Abuja.

In this era of recession, some families are finding it difficult to meet their most basic needs of shelter, food and clothing, and many more unable to afford sending their children to schools. In this report, Vanguard Learning presents the school fees of some tertiary institutions in Nigeria including federal, state and private institutions. This is to help prospective students and parents have a fair idea of what the fees are like so they can make informed decisions.
By Ebele Orakpo
School Fees From
To
UNILAG N14,500 –
N63,500
ABU N27,000 –
N41,000
UNN
N60,450 N66,950
OAU N19,700 –
N57,700
UNIZIK N20,100-
N65,920
BUK N26,000-
N40,000
UNIABJ N39,300
N42,300
UDU N32,000-
N43,000
NOUN
N36,000 N41,000
UNIBEN N12,000-
N49,500
UNILORIN N16,000 N75,500
FUTO
N48,300 N49,000
FUTA N13,560
N83,940 (with tablet)
FUTMINNA N20,000 –
N37,000
FUNAAB N18,250-
N33,000
UNICAL N30,500-
N42,750
UNIUYO N71,000-
N84,250
FCET Akoka N16,000-
N40,000
Osun Varsity N95,000-
N135,500
ANSU N76,000 –N139,000
LASU N96,750 –
N158,250
IBBU N25000 – N52,000
IMSU N120,000-
N150,000
PLASU N50,000-
N100,000
MAPOLY N57,000 –
N75,000
Ibadan Poly N30,000-
N50,000
Abia Poly – N56,550-
N61,000,
Auchi Poly N14,800 – N28,000
Osustech N70,000-
N80,000
ESUT
N104,900 N124,900
KWARAPOLY N28,000- N44,000
LAUTECH N65,000-
N72,500
TASUED N66,500-
N76,500,
Lead City N590,000
JABU N500, 000
Babcock N620,000 –
N3m
AUN N2,900,000
Afe Babalola N675,000-
N1,075,000
Igbinedion N540,000-
N820,000
Crawford N400,000 –
N600,000.
Redeemer’s N545,000-
N605,000
Covenant
N774,500 N814,500
Benson Idahosa
N284,300 N1,150,000.00

JAMB 2017 Update:

1. JAMB 2017 Exams starts 6th May to 20th May, 2017 (Excluding May 12, 2017 because of candidates sitting for WAEC's further Maths)

2. Sales of Jamb 2017 form will end on Wednesday, 19th April 2017. Registration portal closes on Saturday 22nd April 2017.

3. The Jamb 2017 fee is 5,500 naira. This includes Registration fees, Reading text amd all other document(Syllabus and brochure)

4. For Direct Entry candidates, Application will be on sale from Sunday 23rd April 2017.

5. Jamb has not cancelled awaiting result. Anyone is free to apply for the 2017 Jamb with awaiting result. The deal is - your result must be ready during screening to qualify for admission into any school.

Compliment of the season!

AAUA Departmental Cut-Off Marks
For 2016/2017 Admission Exercise Posted: 29-Sep-2016 [08:34:57] into Admission by habundanz for aaua | 64 Comments The management
of Adekunle
Ajasin University,
Akungba (AAUA)
has released the
departmental cut- off marks for
2016/2017
admission
exercise. The screening and UTME cut off marks for each
department are as indicated below; FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE 1. Agricultural economics 30/180
2. Agricultural and rural development 30/180
3. Agronomy 30/180
4. Fisheries and aquaculture 30/180
5. Animal science 30/180
6. Forestry and wildlife 30/180 FACULTY OF ART
1. English studies 37/197
2. Performing arts 35/190
3. History and international studies 38/198
4. Linguistic 35/180
5. Linguistic Yoruba 30/184 6. Yoruba 30/184
7. Philosophy 36/198
8. Philosophy and religious studies 30/190
9. Religion and African culture 32/190 FACULTY OF EDUCATION 1. Adult Education 31/180
2. English education 42/227
3. History education 31/180
4. Religious education 30/182
5. Educational management 36/204
6. Guidance and counseling 38/205 7. Childhood education 30/180
8. Biology education 40/225
9. Chemistry education 34/192
10. Computer education 30/185
11. Health education 40/217
12. Human kinetic 34/181 13. Integrated science 32/181
14. Mathematics education 32/188
15. Physics education 30/198
16. Technical education 30/180
17. Accounting education 40/214
18. Economics education 37/205 19. Geography education 31/198
20. Political education 40/219
21. Social studies 35/210 LAW 44/255 FACULTY OF SCIENCE 1. Biochemistry 45/255
2. Chemistry 31/190
3. Industrial chemistry 31/200
4. Computer science 42/236
5. Animal and environmental biology 35/203
6. Geology 38/224 7. Applied geophysics 30/191
8. Mathematics 30/184
9. Industrial mathematics 35/200
10. Microbiology 45/255
11. Physics and electronics 35/196
12. Plant science and biotechnology 35/192 FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT
SCIENCE 1. Accounting 45/224
2. Banking and finance 42/220
3. Business Administration 41/228
4. Economics 39/192
5. Geography and planning science 35/190
6. Political science 43/229 7. Public administration 40/228
8. Psychology 35/196
9. Sociology
10. Criminology 35/200
11. Mass communication 41/212

2016 WAEC RESULTS RELEASED
The West African Examinations (WAEC), has yesterday (Friday) in Lagos released its 2016 May/
June West African Senior School Certificate
Examination (WASSCE), withholding the results of
137,295, representing 8.89% candidates. Just as a total of eight hundred and seventy eight
thousand and forty (878,040) candidates,
representing 52.97%, obtained credits in five (5)
subjects and above, including English Language and
Mathematics.” It will be recalled that in 2014 and
2015 the percentage of candidates that obtained five (5) credits and above including English
Language and Mathematics in the WASSCE were
31.28% and 38.68% respectively. The Head of Nigeria National Office, Nigeria, Mr Olu
Adenipekun while briefing journalists explained
that the withheld results are in connection with
various cases of examination malpractice, adding,
“the cases are being investigated and reports of
the investigations will be presented to the appropriate committee of the Council in due course
for consideration.” According to him, a total number of 1,552,758
Candidates sat for the May/June examination. Of
the 1,544,234 who sat the exams, he said: “ A
total of 1,014,573 candidates, representing 65.70%
obtained six (6) credits and above; one million one
hundred sixty seven thousand four hundred and eighty four (1,167,484) candidates, representing
75.60% obtained five (5) credits and above, while
one million two hundred and eighty two thousand
two hundred and four (1,282,204) candidates,
representing 83.03% obtained credit and above in
four (4) subjects.”