How to prepare for your final exams (SSCE)

 

 

 Preparing for exams in general can be stressful if not handled with care and wisdom. Ordinarily on approaching your SSS3 class you should have it in mind 6-7 months’ time you should commence your WAEC, and this information supposed to get you in the exam preparation mood already. Being that the exam considers stuffs that have been learnt since the beginning of Senior Secondary School it won’t make much sense starting one’s revision just a couple of weeks to the day the exams are said to start. We have accumulated some tips that we feel can make your preparations less stressful

• Try to revise the things learnt in previous terms and levels on regular bases: for a majority of people, they find it easier to have things stuck in their brains when they do it over and over. Take for instance, you remember the lyrics of songs (either favourite or least favourite) because you get to hear and listen to them frequently, the same way it works when it comes to academics.
  
  
• Get your mind tuned to the fact that your exams are fast approaching and start reading and revising from the summer of SS2: doing this will give you a longer time to read and digest the areas taught and one can also have extra time to touch things not done in previous years.
  
  
• Get the syllabi for the exams you want to take: getting the syllabi really helps because you don’t have to read in circles so to say being that the areas that would be touched by the exams are given in the syllabi. The syllabus of different subjects can be seen on the net when the examination body releases them.
  
  
• If your school makes you take mock exam, take them seriously: the mock exams somewhat prepare you for the main thing since they are based on past questions which you use when revising. GCE could also count as mock because it puts you in the necessary exam conditions (and please don’t subscribe for the alleged answers because they won’t help the experience positively).
  
  
• Do the necessary readings and leave the extra revision to when the exams are in progress.
  
  
• Create schedules for when to read and try to stick to it: I know that keeping to a schedule or timetable is not really easy but an effort goes a long way. Creating set times to study helps you concentrate more because you know that after the time, like a reward you can go and do something else. P.S be careful not to totally forget the things you have read or revised.
  
  
• Study at the time that you think is the best: some people find it easier to grab what they are reading when everywhere is noisy or quiet or even at night or when no one is around it all depends on what you are comfortable with. If you like it quite, keep it a date with the library or go to school on weekends if possible. If you would rather read in groups, get a couple of like-minded people and you guys can discuss when and where to meet and ensure to follow through with the plan.

Doing a couple of these things would leave you thankful both during and after the exams that you did them because things would seem easier for you. Hope this proves helpful.

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