Required Steps To Start Preparing For WAEC & JAMB

The general question most WAEC and JAMB candidates usually ask is, “how do I start preparing for WAEC & JAMB? or What are the steps to start preparing for WAEC and JAMB? Its normal to ask these questions especially during the period of exams.

To get really prepared for WAEC and JAMB you need to understanf what is happening when you see the WAEC exam failure statistics between 2011 to 2019 below.

WAEC Exam Failure Statistics between 2011 to 2019.

About 78.65 failed the WAEC exam in 2010
69% failed in 2011
62% failed in 2012
70% failed in 2014
70% failed in 2016
63% failed in Maths and English in 2018
73% failed in 2019

These statistics are not to scare you off about the exam but to help you know how you should prepare very well to pass in one sitting.

I want you to understand that things have now changed about what it takes for you to get admission with NECO, WAEC and JAMB.

First, you must not only have credit passes in your subjects, but MUST have ‘A’s and ‘B’ in all your courses including a high score in your JAMB Exam if you want to score a strong Post UTME aggregate in order for you to secure admission.

Secondly, not all universities in Nigeria put their candidates through a Post UTME test. So you can put in all your abilities into coming up with an outstanding NECO, WAEC and JAMB results once for all.

To start preparing for WAEC, you must set a time to practice past WAEC exam questions. This would help you become familiar with how the exam questions are set also and prepare you ahead of time. With over 8 years of past WAEC questions and detailed solutions available on the app, you can easily prepare for your WAEC exam.

Now that you are sure that you are taking both NECO, WAEC and JAMB exams in both year its best you plan the best strategy for reading. Once you don’t have a solid plan reading will become boring reason because the syllabus of this exams are entirely or little different from each other.

So what are the strategies to adopt while planing to take both JAMB, WAEC, NECO together?

Let me show you how to start and finish well. You will be glad at the result it will give you after your exams.

Steps To Start Preparing For WAEC & JAMB

Without wasting much time, the steps required to start studying for WAEC and JAMB are rendered below.

1. Start Gathering Materials

Obtaining the required materials is the major step you need to begin preparing for WAEC or JAMB. The important materials you need are:

• Textbooks
• Notebooks
• Jotter
• Syllabus
• WAEC past questions or
• JAMB past questions
• Calculator (If necessary)
• Time
• Pen
• Chair and Table

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2. Get Your Brain Ready

In the course of the year, your attention has been on other issues, but it’s time for you to direct your attention back to WAEC and JAMB.

You’ve got to overcome your Examination Fever. To do so, avoid every form of distractions or forget the fact that you ought to have been in school by now. Be bold, and determined to clinch your medal like others dared to make a difference. The only thing you need now is maximum concentration.

3. Start Reading For WAEC and JAMB 2024

This is the most crucial part of this article. It is the point where we have to nail it on the head. Without much ado, below is how to kick-start your preparation.

1. Build a Personal Timetable for your subjects
2. Be honest about how you manage your study time
3. Begin with the subjects you love or the ones you have much passion for.
4. Start with the topic you used to love very much in the subject
5. Study through it over and over again
6. Get over to other topics you love in the same subject
7. Get Past Questions for your subjects, and conduct a self examination.
8. Score your script honestly, and do corrections where you failed.
9. Keep doing that until your interest in reading continues to revive.

 

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Let me further break it down. If you love Physics very much, start on reading Physics. If introduction to physics used to be the part you loved most in Physics, start with it and then attempt questions relating to that topic. Then proceed to other advance topics you love in Physics.

Doing this in Physics will galvanize your interest in reading. With time, your reading appetite will activate to start studying other subjects.

 

Frequently Asked Questions 

Is WAEC and JAMB syllabus the same?

The JAMB syllabus contains all the subjects and topics you are advised to study as part of your preparation for UTME. Even though the subjects are the same as for the WAEC or the NECO, the syllabi are not the same, so make sure you prepare with the JAMB syllabus for the UTME.

 

Is C6 a good grade in WAEC?
What are A1–F9 grades? A1 is excellent. B2 very good, B3 good, C4, C5, and C6 credit because the candidate performed averagely.

 

What is the best way to prepare for WAEC?

Set a time to practice past WAEC exam questions. This would help you become familiar with how the exam questions are set also and prepare you ahead of time. With over 8 years of past WAEC questions and detailed solutions available on the app, you can easily prepare for your WAEC exam.

 

Can a 15 year old write JAMB?

What is the Age Requirement for Writing JAMB? There is an age requirement for candidates who wish to write the UTME. According to JAMB, a candidate must be at least 16 years old before they can sit for the UTME. This means that any candidate who is younger than 16 years old is not eligible to write the UTME.

 

I wish you the best results in your coming examination.