Giststudents-Nigeria Universities, Polytechnics, College Of Education, scholarship

Show me your friend and I will show you who you will
become tomorrow!
HOW DID MR. GEOFFREY ONYEAMA BECOME THE
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS -
Mr. Geoffrey Jideofor Onyeama(from Enugu state) was
included in the second ministerial list read out by senate
President Bukola Saraki because he is friends with
President Muhammadu Buhari's Chief of Staff, Abba
Kyari.
Both attended Cambridge University in the 1980's and
have been close friends ever since.
Who you're friends with defines(not just your present)
but your future too!
I bet Mr. Geoffrey Jideofor Onyeama never knew that
his friend, Mr. Abba Kyari will one day become the
Chief of Staff to the most populated and resource-full
country in Africa. And not just that his friend became
the Chief of Staff, his long time friend also
recommended for his appointment as the MINISTER OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
What exactly am I driving at? Who you're friends with
matters! And most especially, when you finally associate
with friends of like-minds, maintaining the friendship is
also another challenge with ups and downs. Sometimes
when you have known people for a long time, you can
start to take them for granted.
Learning how to maintain and keep friendship alive
requires a lot of time and effort! (I fault at this too but
God will keep on strengthening me)
Below are crucial keys to maintaining friendship -
1. Always show appreciation(no matter how small the
assistance rendered) - always thank your friend when
he or she does something for you.
2.Show interest in your friend's life - a good friendship
should be two-sided. Be a good listener. When your
friend talks to you about something that's going on in
his or her life, really listen. Good relationships are built
on communication , so don't ignore your friend directly
or indirectly.
3.Build trust - this seems simple , but you have to both
constantly show each other that you can be trusted and
depended on as friends. Please and please , don't ever
gossip about your friend ! Gossip spreads quickly!
4.Have fun together - throw a party together, birthday,
movies or vacation together!
Do things that you both enjoy together ...
5. Maintain contact no matter what! If one friend moves
away, keep in touch. Visit whenever you can.(very
important)
Finally, the Last but not the least,
6.Handle arguments maturely(respect each other's view
no matter what) - when you and your friend have a
conflict, don't lash out and yell at them. Instead , talk
about your problems calmly and listen to both sides of
your story.

You can help me and add more in the comment box.

VERY FUNNY...

My Chat With An MTN customers' Care
Agent Over Customers Care Line (180)
Lady: hello, goodevening, thanks
for calling MTN
customer care service, my name
is Judith, what's your
name and where are you calling
from?
Me: hello, gd evening, my name
is ifeanyi, and i'm
calling from awka.
Lady: How may i help you,
Ifeanyi?
Me: i'm looking for a wife to marry...
Lady: is that why you called this
customer care
service?
Me: Yes, and i think i'm already
in love with
You...you know you have a very
nice voice...
Lady: Hellooo, please, we only
attend to issues about
your MTN line, owkay...
Me: yes 0... This is an issue
about
my MTN line
too...because i spend much
credit calling so many girls
asking them about marriage.
Lady: please, I would have to put an end to
this call...
Me: Baby don't talk like that now.
I promise to make
you happy... you would be happy
with me... can I have
your number?
Lady: *raises her voice* come,
mr man, I think
something is wrong with you...
Me: *cutting in*... Hey, hold it
there... I hope you can
now feel how frustrating it is to receive a
call and
hear rubbish? From today, warn
yourself and every other
staff there..let nobody call me
with a funny number
only for it to be an advert or send me
those nonsense
messages you guys disturb my
phone daily like
say am dating MTN...
Thunder_wey_go_
_fire_u_still_dey_do_press up

Futo is yet to open school due to the problem they are having with
Federal Government on the issue of TSA

Treasury Single
Account (TSA) is a system of account in Nigeria cited through Section
80 (1) of the 1999 Constitution as
amended stating that "All revenues, or other moneys
raised or received by the Federation (not being
revenues or other moneys payable under this
Constitution or any Act of the National
Assembly into any other public fund of the
Federation established for a specific purpose) shall
be paid into and form one Consolidated Revenue
Fund of the Federation"; that is to say that every Agency, Ministry or
Institution ll have a single account channelled to CBN where govt
revenues wud be remitted.......

Shell Companies in Nigeria's Student Industrial Training
Program offers Nigerian students in Higher Institutions
the opportunity to gain work experience in different
location. The following are the list of eligible study
courses:
Engineering
Earth Sciences (Geology, Geophysics, Geography)
Sciences
Social Sciences
Medical Sciences
The program provides hands-on work experience from
day one, providing students the opportunity to work
directly with inspiring and experienced professionals.
The insights and skills gained by the end of the program
would be invaluable for future careers.
This Industrial Training Program is designed for
students to:
Put theories and concepts into practice
Begin to build work related skills required for the
business environment through constructive feedback
and supervision
Improve general business/industry understanding
Gain additional skills in areas such as communication,
team building, problem solving and analytical reasoning
Build valuable networks and contacts for professional
development
Gain insights into career options to support choice of
specialised field area to build and develop one's career
WHO CAN APPLY
Eligible applicants must:
Be enrolled full‐time in a Higher education Institution
(University or Polytechnic)
Have authorisation from their school to participate in
the program
HOW TO APPLY
All applicants should have their personal valid email
account (for consistent communication)
Applicants who meet the above requirements should
apply via email, at: africarecruitment@shell.com
Email content must include:
Student's name
Name of University/institution of higher learning
Matriculation Number/ student ID number
Course of study
Required duration/period for internship and
Contact details
Scanned copy of official letter/ form from higher
institution
APPLICATION DEADLINE
All applicants are expected to apply not later than 3
months before the proposed start date.
Please note that industrial training opportunities are
based on business needs and limited slots are available
yearly.

Wishbone is a non-benefit association sending low-

salary secondary school understudies to afterschool and

summer projects like the Late spring Workmanship Serious.

For secondary school understudies looking for money related guide, we

urge you to apply through Wishbone.

Wishbone is a philanthropic association that makes a difference

secondary school understudies with restricted money related

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The educational cost grants are bound to understudies

who are acknowledged into the Late spring Craftsmanship Concentrated

also, who meet all Wishbone necessities.

To qualify, you must apply to Wishbone by

December 18, 2016. Candidates must be qualified for

the Government Free or Diminished Value Lunch Program

(if you don't mind see rules here) and live in New York

City or Connecticut.

Note: Meeting all requirements for this grant does not

ensure your induction into The Cooper Union

Summer Workmanship Concentrated.

For more Data And Application Click on the

join beneath:




https://www.wishbone.org/programs#tell-us-
about-yourself

The Centre for Children with Developmental and
Communication Disorder (CCDCD) with the approval of
the Authorities of the University of Port-Harcourt
(UNIPORT), Choba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, wishes
to invite applications from suitably qualified candidates
for admission into the Centre's Post-Graduate Diploma
in the 2015/2016 academic Session as slated below:
1. Post-Graduate Diploma in Disability Studies
2. Post-Graduate Diploma in Communication
Therapy
Admission Requirements:
Admission into the programme is open to first degree
holders in any disciplines.
Mode of Study and Programme Duration:
The Programme will run with the University School of
Graduate Studies' Curriculum for 2015/2016 Session.
It is a full-time programme for 12 calendar months.
During the period, the students shall be exposed to
practical Case History with children on disabilities and
communication disorder as will be directed as field
work.
Programme Objective:
This programme is aimed at availing graduates the
opportunities to develop a strong interdisciplinary
foundation in social, legal and political concept of
disability and communication disorders. It is also a vital
tool in providing services in learning opportunities for
agencies, service providers, Governmental and Non-
Governmental Organizations. The programme is also
aimed at maximizing the potential abilities in special
education and to build up the manpower capacity in
training personnel with basic academic requirements in
Education in Nigeria.
Method of Application:
Application Form can be obtained from the Centre's
Office (International Students' Building, University Abuja
Park, University of Port Harcourt) . You can also
DOWNLOAD THE FORM HERE(pls click here to
download form)
with a non-refundable application fee of N20,000
(Twenty thousand Naira) only, in certified bank
draft payable to the Centre for Children with
Developmental and Communication Disorder
(CCDCD). Payment can also be made directly into
the Centre's Account Number (5210031375),
Fidelity Bank Nigeria Plc, Uniport Branch or
Uniport/Choba Microfinance Bank, Uniport Branch
with Account Number (0152831058) , University of
Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State. The bank draft
or teller as evidence of payment can be presented
at the Centre's Office or scanned and mailed to
ccdcd@uniport.edu.ng along side the completed
downloaded form.
Sale of Application Form has been extended to
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015 and closing date
for submission of duly completed Application Form is
on or before the above date.
For further inquiries, contact the Administrative
Secretary or the Director on: 08034913688 or
08033092885 E-mail: ccdcd@uniport.edu.ng or visit
the University of Port Harcourt Website:
www.uniport.edu.ng .
Award of Degree :
Successful students at the end of the programme shall
receive a Post-Graduate Diploma Degree in the above
area of specialization, awarded by the Senate of the
University.
Signed:
Matilda Nnodim (Mrs.)
Registrar

Application forms are out for this year's World
Bank Group/Wharton Ideas for Action Competition
(I4A) focused on financing sustainable
development for youth in Africa and beyond.
Application Deadline: January 31st, 2016
Ideas for Action is an ideas competition on
financing for sustainable development for youth
sponsored by the World Bank Group and the Zicklin
Center,Wharton School.
Today's youth will be responsible for delivering the
post-2015 development agenda, also known as the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will
replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
when they expire at the end of 2015. The SDGs will
be more ambitious than the MDGs, covering a broad
range of interconnected issues, from sustainable
economic growth, to social issues, to global public
goods. To realize this vision, a just-as-ambitious
plan for financing and implementation is needed.
Youth engagement throughout the design and
implementation process is critical for success. The
Ideas for Action (I4A) competition engages young
people around the world to encourage them to
develop and share their ideas for financing
solutions to deliver the post-2015 development
agenda.
Submission Requirements
Submissions that do not meet the format
requirements listed below will be disqualified.
Format:
Proposals should be between 1,500 and 3,000
words, with proper citations and references. The
word count does not include the appendix,
footnotes/citations, or any charts/graphs. Teams
should use the template at the end of this
document and include a 200-word abstract
summarizing the key points of the proposal.
The submission must be in Times New Roman, 12 pt
font.
All appropriate information must be cited.
The submission should be sent in PDF or Microsoft
Word format in English
Solution Areas:
The expectation for teams is to focus on one of the
issues below and develop a creative yet
realistic and implementable solution that will
increase the financing available and/or improve
the efficiency and effectiveness of existing funds.
Another possibility is to select more than one
issue, and develop a solution that is based on
blended sources of finance
Domestic Resource Mobilization: improving the
ability of countries to collect and
direct public resources generated from taxes and/
or improve efficiency of public
spending.
Better and Smarter Aid: improving how aid is
structured and disbursed in light of a
rapidly changing donor environment.
International Private Finance: improving business
environments to attract investment.
Domestic Private Sector: mobilizing domestic
private capital
Business and Development Innovations: improving
business environments in developing economies via
innovative private/public partnership models.
Awards
Winners of the competition will be given an
opportunity to influence the post-2015 financing
discussions and its implementation, including:
Present winning proposal at the IMF/World Bank
Spring and/or Annual Meetings in April and October
2016, respectively.
Engagement with experts from development
organizations, academia, and business on finance
for development post-2015.
Participation in a boot camp, where the winners
will visit a company, organization or university to
take part in specific project implementation and
get hands on experience.
Participation in the Wharton School Knowledge
Exchange Activities and Global Classroom.
Timeline:
Informational session: January 8, 2016; 2:00–3:00
PM EST at World Bank Headquarters. The session
can also be accessed online. Details will be sent
out through the distribution list.
Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2016
Announcement of submissions selected for final
round: February 22, 2016*
Deadline for final submissions (incl. comments
received, if applicable): March 20, 2016
Announcement of winner(s): April 5, 2016

Reading makes a man, Discussion makes a better
man, "Writing" makes a complete man!

No fewer than 29 students on the Master's and Doctoral
degree programmes received scholarship award letters
and cheques from the College of Graduate Studies for
the 2014/2015 academic session, last Monday.
Speaking at the event which held at the College
Boardroom, Provost of the College, Professor Roseline
Konya, congratulated the students for being selected to
benefit from the award, charging them to take their
studies seriously in order to justify their selection.
"You must work hard to ensure that you complete your
programmes at the stipulated timeframe so that the
money will not be wasted. Payment of your fees should
be paramount on your minds, because you cannot be
permitted to write any examination without
confirmation that you have paid your fees. I need to
remind all the beneficiaries that this scholarship will last
for only one academic session and you may not get it
for the next session. So you must ensure that you pay
up your fees. Remember, the money is not meant to
buy shoes, trousers or jewellery," she warned the
beneficiaries.
Professor Konya reminded the recipients that "the
scholarship is funded by the UniPort Alumni
Association. It is the project of the Association and the
fourth in the series. To sustain the scheme and with the
authorisation of the Association, graduating students are
made to contribute N2, 000 naira to support the
scheme. Owing to financial constraints in the University,
we were able to convince public-spirited individuals and
groups to support the scheme and we are happy that it
has been sustained."
Professor Konya expressed gratitude to the Chairman of
the Scholarship Committee and Dean of the Graduate
School of Arts, Education and Social Sciences (GSAESS),
Professor Martin Ifeanacho and other members for
being consistent with the scheme in the past four years,
requesting the Board Members to convey the gratitude
of the College to the National and State Chairmen of the
Alumni Association for their support.
Speaking earlier, Chairman of the Scholarship
Committee, Professor Ifeanacho charged the students to
be serious with their studies, encouraging them to carry
out original research and ensure that they complete
their programme on time. "We expect that the
University would always be in one part of your heart.
Remember to come back to Unique UniPort to identify
with what we are doing here so that others can also
benefit from the scheme. It is a strong chain that links
all of us together and we hope that it would not be
broken," he said, commending the immediate past Vice-
Chancellor, Professor Joseph Ajienka, for supporting the
scheme during his tenure.
In their separate speeches, Dean of the Graduate School
of Natural and Applied Medical Sciences (GNAMS),
Professor Gregory Avwiri, Dean, Graduate School of
Management, Business and Trade, (GSMBT), Professor
Chinedu Ezirim and College Secretary, Dr. Agatha Ataga,
congratulated beneficiaries of the award, urging them to
work hard and regard themselves as part of the College.
Speaking on behalf of the other beneficiaries, Mr.
Tamunoemi George of the Department of Electrical
Engineering in the College of Engineering, expressed
gratitude to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ndowa Lale,
Provost of the College, Management and Deans of the
College for initiating and sustaining the programme,
promising that they would always identify with the
College even after graduation.

SUPPLEMENTARY APPLICATION


This is to inform the general public that Imo State
University has commenced the 2015/2016
supplementary application. Candidates are adviced to
download the form on the portal and fill. The
completed form should be returned to the Admission
Unit, with photocopies of relevant documents for
further consideraton.
Below are available courses and their cut off marks for
2015/2016 supplementary admission.
Click to download supplementary form
Faculty of Agriculture(180)
Agricultural Economics
Crop Science
Hospitality and Tourism Mgt
Soil Science
Faculty of Business Administration
Insurance(180)
Faculty of Education
Education Accountancy(190)
Education Economics (190)
Education Mathematics(180)
Guidance and Counseling(180)
Library Science(180)
Education Religion(180)
Faculty of Engineering
Agric Engineering(180)
Food Science & Technology(190)
Mechanical Engineering (190)
Faculty of Environmental Sciences (180)
Building
Estate Mgt
Fine and Applied Arts
Quantity Surveying
Surveying and Geoinformatics
Urban and Regional Planning
Faculty of Health Sciences (200)
Medical Laboratory Science
Nutrition and Dietetics
Faculty of Humanities
French (180)
Linguistic Igbo (180)
Philosophy (190)
Religion (180)
Faculty of Science (180)
Chemistry/ Industrial Chemistry
Math/Industrial Math
Physics/Industrial Physics
Statistics
Animal and Environmental Biology (Zoology)
Plant science and Biotechnology (Botany)
Faculty of Social Science (180)
Geography and Environmental Management

2015/2016 FUTO SUPPLEMENTARY ADMISSIONS
EXERCISE

In continuation of the 2015/2016 Admissions Exercise,
the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO)
will start the sale of Supplementary Admissions
Forms on Friday, November 20, 2015. Interested
candidates who made FUTO their choice University, who
must have sat for the 2015/2016 Post Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examinations (PUTME) and Direct Entry
Screening Test in FUTO, and who scored a minimum of
180 in the FUTO PUTME and 40 in the DE Test are
eligible to apply.
[A] AVAILABLE COURSES FOR SUPPLEMENTARY
ADMISSIONS
In completing the Supplementary Admissions form,
please, take note of the following information on the
various departments available for supplementary
admission and their minimum average of UTME and
PUTME scores cut-off requirements. Note that before
the average cut-off scores can be used, the
candidate must have made a minimum of 180 in
both UTME and the FUTO Post-UTME.
School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
(SAAT)
1. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (180)
2. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION (180)
3. ANIMAL SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY (180)
4. CROP SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY (180)
5. FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGY (180)
6. FORESTRY & WILDLIFE TECHNOLOGY (180)
7. SOIL SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY (180)
School of Engineering and Engineering Technology
(SEET)
8. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING (180)
9. FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (180)
10. MATERIAL & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING (180)
11. POLYMER & TEXTILE ENGINEERING (180)
School of Management Technology (SMAT)
12. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (220)
13. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (180)
14. MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (180)
15. MARITIME MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (180)
16. PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (180)
17. TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (180)
School of Health Technology (SOHT)
18. ANATOMY (230)
19. DENTAL TECHNOLOGY (210)
20. PHYSIOLOGY (230)
21. PROSTHESIS AND ORTHOPEDICS (216)
School of Biological Sciences (SOBS)
22. BIOCHEMISTRY (210)
23. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE (180)
24. BIOTECHNOLOGY (200)
School of Physical Sciences (SOPS)
25. CHEMISTRY (180)
26. GEOLOGY (190)
27. MATHEMATICS (180)
28. PHYSICS (180)
29. STATISTICS (180)
School of Environmental Sciences (SOES)
30. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY (210)
31. QUANTITY SURVEYING (180)
32. SURVEYING & GEOINFORMATICS (180)
33. URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING (180)
[B] IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The cost of the supplementary admissions form is
Seven Thousand Five Hundred Naira (N7,500.00)
only.
Candidates awaiting WAEC / NECO results should not
apply as they will be screened out.
The closing date for online submission of the
completed supplementary admissions form is
Midnight, Sunday, December 06, 2015.
[C] METHOD OF APPLICATION
(1) First, visit or login to FUTO Supplementary
Admissions application portal www.futoportal.org/
supplementary to check your eligibility status.
(2) Supply your valid Email address and phone number
if your eligibility test was successful.
(3) Login to the application portal, using your JAMB
Reg.No as both Registration Number and Password.
(4) Click on GENERATE INVOICE to generate your
payment invoice.
(5a) Click on Print Invoice to print your invoice, after-
which you log out and proceed to any bank to make
payment using your Remita RRR Code , displayed on
your printed payment invoice.
OR
(5b) Alternatively, you can click on Pay Now to use
online payment option with credit/debit cards such as
Verve, Visa, MasterCard, etc.
These two methods of payment, based on Remita
payment platform, makes our portal quite robust, and
gives candidates the luxury of staying at the comfort of
their homes, without joining long queues at bank, to fill,
complete and submit their application forms, if they
choose to use their credit/debit cards to make online
payment, directly from our portal. For those who would
like to pay at the bank, kindly ensure that the bank
captures the Remita RRR code , displayed on your
printed payment invoice.
(6) After successful payment at the bank, kindly return
to the application portal www.futoportal.org/
supplementary, and login with your JAMB Reg.No as
both Registration Number and Password , to complete
and submit your supplementary application form.
Note that the closing date for online submission of
completed application forms is Midnight, Sunday,
December 06, 2015.

I assume you are well aware of English Language, which is a well-known Human Interface Language. English has a predefined grammar, which needs to be followed to write English statements in a correct way. Likewise, most of the Human Interface Languages (Hindi, English, Spanish, French, etc.) are made of several elements like verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, propositions, and conjunctions, etc.
Similar to Human Interface Languages, Computer Programming Languages are also made of several elements. I will take you through the basics of those elements and put some effort to make you comfortable to use them in various programming languages. These basic elements are:

• Programming Environment
• Basic Syntax
• Data Types
• Variables
• Keywords
• Basic Operators
• Decision Making
• Loops
• Numbers
• Characters
• Arrays
• Strings
• Functions
• File I/O

I will explain all these elements in subsequent chapters with examples using different programming languages. First we will try to understand meaning of all these terms in general and then we will see how these terms can be used in different programming language.
I believe if you understood above-mentioned elements related to any programming language, then you are almost ready to write big enough programs in that programming language.
I designed this tutorial to give you an idea about the following most popular programming languages:

• C Programming
• Java Programming
• Python Programming

Major part of the tutorial has been explained by taking C as programming language and then I tried to show how similar concepts work in Java and Python. So after completion of this tutorial, you will find yourself familiar with these popular programming languages

May student during their holiday, stay at home doing nothing while this is a time you learn more than in the lecture room.
Many people do say that the holiday period is time to rest and flex.
Hmm i said no to that,holiday period is time u can use to learn many things on ur own, and don’t forget that anything u bring out ur time and learn, u must be very good in it.
Some people do say that they don’t no what to learn during their holiday. But am here to help you.
Holiday period is not time you learn those courses that is hard for you unless u have a helping hands.
Holiday period is time you use to improve on those courses you love so much. If you are in high institution, you can learn those course you understand a bit but not full understanding. Or you can those courses that you have zero knowlegde of it but wish to learn it.
Someone studing computer science can learn a program that he or she loves. Will talk more on this in my next post.

With the conclusion of 2015 Post-UTME screening in most schools and consequently the releasing of results of the screening, the one thing that is in the mind of most candidates is “when will the admission list be out?”
Bearing that in mind, we wouldn’t want you to be misinformed or be in the dark with regard to this.
We are therefore creating this page and dedicating it to providing information and updates on the release of admission lists. That means that the admission list of your choice institutions will be on this thread the moment it is announced.
This thread will be updated regularly as each of the schools releases admission lists.
It will be in your best interest therefore to visit this thread regularly as to know when your institution has released the 2015/2016 admission list.

Studying effectively is not a matter of chance. Educators and psychologists have researched study methods for years. Some of the best studies come from the top universities: where precise experiments with student groups have shed light on the most effective study methods. Students who follow these methods learn more easily, retain material for longer periods of time, and save themselves hours of study time. The ten study methods researchers have found that work are:

1. Making and Keeping a Study Schedule

Set aside certain hours of each day for study just as you do for nourishment and sleep. Keep the same schedule faithfully from day-to-day. The amount of time needed for study will vary for each individual based on skills with the subject matter. An average of two hours of study each day for each hour in class is recommended. Going to class is only the beginning; the real work begins afterwards!

2. Studying in an Appropriate Setting — Same Time, Same Place, Every Day

If concentration is your problem, then the right surroundings will help you greatly. Your study desk or table should be in a quiet place – free from as many distractions as possible. You will concentrate better when you study in the same place every day. It’s a mind set. For example, when you sit down at the kitchen table, you expect to eat. When you sit down in an easy chair, you watch TV, etc. Developing the habit of studying in the same place at the same time everyday will improve your concentration.

3. Equipping Your Study Area With All the Materials You Need

Your study desk or table should be equipped with all the materials you might need to complete the assignment, e.g., pencils, pens, erasers, paper clips, stapler, dictionary, snacks, and liquid refreshments, etc. For some assignments, you may require a calculator or other supplies. With your materials at hand, you can study without interruption. If you have an answering machine, let it do its job during your study time. You can return the calls after you have finished studying. Taking your snack food and drinks to the study location will eliminate those endless trips to the kitchen which break your concentration.

4. Not Relying on Inspiration for Motivation

Can you imagine an athlete-in-training waiting for inspiration to strike to practice in preparation for an event? Of course not. They train daily to stay competitive whether they want to or not. Like the athlete, you must get in training for tests and examinations by doing the assignments and preparing daily through review to be ready for the action.

5. Keeping a Well-Kept Notebook Improves Grades

Researchers tell us that there is definitely a relationship between orderliness and high grades. Knowing where to find your materials when you need them is crucial. Keep a special section for each subject in your notebook as well as a semester calendar so that you can write down all important assignments as they are announced. Having all of this information together in one place is vital to your success. A well-kept notebook is a part of good time management. If you’ve ever misplaced an important assignment, you know how much valuable time can be lost looking for it.

6. Keeping a Careful Record of Assignments

Put it down in black and white—including the details—and keep it in your notebook. Knowing just what you are expected to do and when you are expected to do it is the first giant step toward completing important assignments successfully and on time.

7. Making Use of “Trade Secrets”

Flash cards aren’t just for kids! They are a legitimate study tool. Use the front of the card to write an important term, and on the back, write a definition or an important fact about that term. Carry your flash cards with you. Use them during “dead time,” such as standing in a check-out line, waiting in a doctor or dentist’s office, riding a bus, or waiting at the Laundromat. Keep a set in the glove compartment of your car for long lines at your favorite fast food drive-in restaurant or bank. Post them on your bathroom mirror to review while shaving or applying make-up. You’ll be surprised how much you can accomplish during those otherwise “dead times.” Think about developing your own “trade secrets” that will improve your study skills.

8. Taking Good Notes as Insurance Against Forgetting

Learn to take good notes efficiently as your instructors stress important points in class and as you study your assignments. Good notes are a “must” for just-before-test-reviewing. Without notes, you will need to reread and review the entire assignment before a test. This may require you to read anywhere from 100-300 pages of material in one sitting. With notes, you can recall the main points in just a fraction of the time. The time you spend in note taking is not lost, but in fact, is a time-saver.

9. Overlearning Material Enhances Memory

Psychologists tell us that the secret to learning for future reference is overlearning. Experts suggest that after you can say, “I know this material,” that you should continue to study that material for an additional one-fourth of the original study time. The alphabet is an example of overlearning. How did you learn it? Probably through recitation which is the best way to etch material into the memory trace. Manipulate the material as many different ways as possible by writing, reading, touching, hearing, and saying it. In an experimental study, students who overlearned material retained four times as much after a month than students who didn’t overlearn.

10. Reviewing Material Frequently

A student who does not review material can forget 80% of what has been learned in only two weeks! The first review should come very shortly after the material was first presented and studied. Reviewing early acts as a safeguard against forgetting and helps you remember far longer. Frequent reviews throughout the course will bring rewards at test time and will alleviate pre-test anxiety.
Although these ten study methods do work, there is one other component needed when using all of them – taking responsibility for studying by following through on assignments. All the study methods in the world won’t help you if you don’t help yourself. As with most everything in your life, your motto should be, “I’m responsible for my success!”
If you put forth the effort to study effectively, the improved skills will soon become a habit and be just as natural as breathing. The result can be better grades, greater knowledge, and higher self-esteem. These skills will also serve you well in your professional and personal life.

Many students and parents ask for pointers and techniques to best learn Math. Here is my top-10 list which applies to any level of Math.

1) If you don’t understand something, focus on mastering that topic before moving on to the next topic. It sounds simple, but it is absolutely essential. Lets say a student is learning Algebra, for example. Further, lets say he or she is having a hard time understanding how to add and subtract negative and positive numbers. All of us struggle with this in the beginning as it is a sticky point for most students. Some students in this situation, out of frustration that they “can’t” learn this topic, will move on to the next lesson in the hope that they will be able to understand that one.

This is a recipe for disaster.

Math is very much like learning to read. If you don’t know your letter sounds then you have no hope of being able to sound out words of course there is no way possible that you could read a book. All math courses are taught in a specific sequence because the every topic builds on the previous topic. If you are having a problem with a topic, continue working with that one until you understand it and can work problems successfully. Watch the DVD section over again, attend tutoring, read the book and examples a second time, or even get a totally different book to have it explained a different way…but whatever you do not turn the page and tackle the next topic. If you do, you will get even more frustrated and you in all likelihood will begin to give up hope.

2) Work example problems and check your answers to gain practice with every lesson. The entire premise of the DVD series is to “learn by example” and it is quite simply the easiest way to learn Math. After watching the section on the DVD and reading the section in your textbook, begin working examples from the end of the chapter. Make sure to work the problems that have answers in the back of the book, and check every one. Always begin with the easiest problem in your book, even if you think it will be too “easy” to solve. It is very very important to build your confidence. This is why the DVD lessons begin with easier problems that no one will have any issue understanding. Gradually work harder and harder problems from your book and check your answer for each one. After working a dozen or more problems from the section (two dozen is best), you are ready to move on to the next section. Many students want to plow though a lesson just to make it to the next one. You cannot just read a section in a Math book and become an expert on that section. You must work problems. If you can’t work problems then you are not ready to move on. The good news is that working problems will build your confidence, and confidence is 100% the name of the game in Math.

3) When beginning to work a Math problem, do not “map out a path from problem-to-answer” in your head before writing anything down. I see this almost every day. It is very common when someone looks at a Math problem that they try to “figure it out” in their head before writing anything down. Take Algebra for example. When a beginning student looks at an equation, he or she will be tempted to solve the equation in their head and not write anything down. Students are tempted to do this most often with Word Problems. Since a word problem is written in sentence form, it is common to think that you can “think your way to the answer”. I will tell you that I never, ever, solve any sort of math problem without writing it down. Ever.

What you need to do is begin by first writing down the problem. Then you begin to solve it one step at a time. Write down even the simple things. What you need to ensure is that every single step that you write down is perfectly legal. In other words, if you are solving an equation for example and you subtract “10” from both sides….write that down. Then in the NEXT step actually do that subtraction. Then if you need to divide both sides by “2” write THAT down…then in the NEXT step actually do the division. This gives you a paper trail to check your work and also it allows you to break the problem down in to bite sized chunks. If you can be sure that every single little step is legal, then you will be in good shape. If you try to do too many things at one time, which is common, you will probably try to do something illegal and get into trouble.

4) When you study and do homework, try to find a quiet place to do it. I was the worst offender of this while in school. I used to listen to music all of the time while trying to do homework. I’d also listen to the TV as ‘background noise” while studying. Over time I realized that if I had a quiet place without the background noise, I could focus much better. What I found is that when reading, for example…I would have to read something perhaps 3 or 4 times if I was listening to something else but only once if I had some quiet. People love to listen to music while studying, but I am convinced that it is much more effective if you don’t. Try to find a quiet spot in your home or in the Library to get your schoolwork done and you will get your work done much more quickly because you’ll be able to focus and absorb more.

5) If someone asks you for help, try to explain the topic to them as best you can. This one is going to seem a little odd for this list…but there is one universal truth. Those who can teach others have a true grasp of the material. Many times when studying in groups there will be one member of the group who is behind and doesn’t “get it”. Try to help that person, even if your own work will take longer. Not only will you feel like you are helping someone else succeed, but the process of rephrasing information back to someone else and breaking things down into bite sized chunks will increase your own understanding. It will help you understand at a fundamental level what the stumbling blocks are for the topic, which will help you as you move on in your math studies.

6) Never, ever work math problems in pen. This one is pretty simple. You will make a mistake; it is only a matter of time. When you do, you will want to completely erase your mistake and write over it. You will never, ever want to scratch something out and write next to the scratch-out. This will lead to a paper that is hard to read, and the scratch-outs will actually increase your anxiety about solving these problems. You want clean-neat paper with a clean well thought-out solution.

7) Try to use a mechanical pencil with separate eraser, if you can. Mechanical pencils have cleaner lines and the separate eraser allows you to erase more cleanly. Nothing is worse than making a mistake and trying to erase something then just smearing that all around your page. The cheap erasers will do this and make your life hard. Invest in a good mechanical pencil and a good separate eraser.

8) Keep your solutions neat and line-by-line. Always work problems vertically, with one step on every line. Never work horizontally. It may take more paper, but you will be able to follow your steps much more easily. More importantly, the teacher will be able to follow your work much better which allows him/her to give you partial credit. If there are just 2 steps when there should be 10, you will not be getting any points for your thought process. The steps you write down tell the teacher what you are thinking and how you are attacking the problem.

9) Don’t work problems very late at night. I know all of the college students will be laughing at this, but it is true. I have tried many, many times to do Calculus or Physics late at night, after 12 or 1am, but you are just doing yourself a disservice. I have stared at problems for hours because I just could not sleep until I knew how to solve it…then I finally fell asleep out of extreme fatigue…but when I woke up it just seemed so simple how to proceed with the problem. Also, I have worked problems at night and got the wrong answer, and I knew I must have a silly mistake in the solution. I would usually set out to find it, but many times when you are tired you simply can’t find the silly mistake. The next morning after about 5 minutes I could spot the simple sign error or even a simple multiplication error that caused the problem.

10) If the problem lends itself to it, draw a picture of the problem. This is most applicable for Trigonometry, Calculus, and Physics Students, but also applies to any word problem in basic math or algebra. Please do yourself a favor and draw a picture of what the problem is describing, even if your picture is simple. We are visual beings…the process of drawing the situation causes us to internalize what the problem is really asking for. It helps figure out how to proceed. If you are in Physics, you should draw a picture for every single problem that you work out. If you are in Calculus, definitely draw pictures for all related rate problems. If you are in Calculus 2 or Calculus 3, definitely draw a picture of all of your 3-dimensional problems (3d integrals). If you are in basic math and Jenny gives Bob 2 pencils and Bob gives 1 pencil away, draw that situation. It will really help you figure out how to proceed.

Remember, there is no silver bullet in learning Math. It comes with taking things one step at a time and with practice. The tips above will help you along in your math studies, and give you confidence. And confidence is 100% the name of the game in learning any level of Math.

This is to announce to all the student that apply futo as their school of choice,
that futo first list admission list is out. You can check it now at the email you use when registering  for the exam.
You can only check it at jamb site at http://www.jamb.org.ng
Loging to jamb site and check if you are admitted.

This is to inform all 2015 aspirants of Abia State University (ABSU) that the names of admitted candidates into the institution for 2015/2016 session has been uploaded on JAMB website.
Candidates are to check their admission status on JAMB website now via this link:Admission Status Check
1.Type in your JAMB Reg number
2.Click on “Check Admission Status” to view your admission details.
IMPORTANT: If you have been admitted, immediately proceed to request for your official JAMB admission Letter . This document authenticates your admission.
Admission Letters from 2004 – 2015/16 are now ready. Check your admission status for free then retrieve your letter immediately as authentication.

This is to inform all 2015 aspirants of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) that the names of admitted candidates into the institution for 2015/2016 session has been uploaded on JAMB website.
Candidates are to check their admission status on JAMB website now via this link:Admission Status Check
1.Type in your JAMB Reg number
2.Click on “Check Admission Status” to view your admission details.

This is to inform 2015 aspirants of the Kwara State College of Education that the 2nd batch list of admitted candidates for the 2015/2016 academic session has been released.
To check your admission status visit http://www.kwcoeilorin.edu.ng/portal/nce/nce_admission/
1.Type in your Reg No (UTME No/PUTME No) in the
space provided.
2.Click on “View Status”

This is to inform 2015 aspirants of River State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) that they can now check their 2015/2016 admission status on the school’s website.
To check your status visit http://ecampus.ust.edu.ng/
1.On the Admission List Pane type in your JAMB reg Number and click on “Go”
2.On the page that opens you will be prompted to enter you JAMB Reg number and PIN in the spaces provided and submit to view your status.
Note: The admission checking PIN can be purchased at the banks around the school.

TeHN is calling all school leavers (Those not already in universities) to apply for the 2015/16 TNRI scholarship

Are you a school leaver?

Are you or your parents experiencing some sort of financial difficulties?

Are you of good character with goals of getting a quality university degree?

If you can answer yes to the 3 questions above then this is the chance you've been waiting for.

The Nigerian Renaissance Initiative Scholarship has been set up by an anonymous donor to run every year so as to enable school leavers with university ambitions that would have otherwise not been able to achieve their educational aspirations due to financial constraints.

Application is open to all so if you know someone or you can say yes to the 3 questions then please send in your applications.

Applicants are to email the committee a 400 worded essay on how technology has changed their lives.

The essays should be forwarded to => ehelpersnetwork@gmail.com

think what I have below are the most difficult course to study in any Nigerian universities.
1) Medicine & surgery: In the field of medicine, it is another world of studies because you will find yourself studying for many years, some may succeed but some will deviate to another major.
2)Law: being a law student is what most of aspirants wants but law is just like medicine you will spend most of your time in school also spending your time reading many books
3)Engineering: the field of engineering is the field of technology, not only being a technician, you must also apply the knowledge of mathematics to your work. that is, it entails lots of calculation. it is said that there is no fine boy in engineering department because all don’t have time for that.
4)Mathematics: we all know what mathematics is all about and what it takes, a mathematician is a professional in mathematics, mathematics. involves lots of calculation thought your life.
5)Statistics:this is another discipline that is just like mathematics, statisticians are applied mathematicians, they use mathematics to solve real life problems, it entails lots of mathematics and some borrowed courses that are not even part of your discipline (eg, economics)
6)Chemistry: you guys may be surprise about this major but chemistry is not an easy course, chemistry is really a broad course, you find out using your time mixing chemicals in the lab and cramming formulars and theories.
7) Architecture: Archi is another discipline that in which you spend most of your time in school, at times you sleep in school drawing and sketching diagrams for planning.
8)Computer Science: Computer science is another course that is hard because much of mathematics and coding. Too be a good programmer, you have to learn many programing language.
What do you think?