Why Students Fail Post UTME

In this article, we will discuss why students fail Post UTME and ways applicants can succeed in gaining admission. Since the introduction of Post UTME in 2005, admission into Nigerian universities has been hectic; notwithstanding, the failure and unadmitted applicants keeps increasing every year.

Furthermore, Post Unified Tertiary Examination is a screening exam that qualifies applicants to gain admission into their preferred institutions. Most importantly, it has become a pain in most students neck has failure keeps increasing.

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Why Students Fail Post UTME Screening Exercise

1. Lack of Early Preparation:

As the saying goes “If your enemy is secured at all points, be prepared for him.″ Students don’t prepare days before their examinations and are always expecting tremendous result on the long run. To reduce the rate of failure in the Post UTME screening exam, students most prepare greatly. However, preparation comes with reading all the necessary text before the examination date.

2. Not Studying Post UTME Past Questions:

In the act of not studying the Post UTME of their choice of Institutions, applicants failed woefully. Applicants don’t study the past questions conducted by their choice of institutions but are always expecting good results. However, we have combined a list of all the Post UTME past questions and answer of all institutions for free; the real expo lies in you study the PQ of your choice of the institution because questions are derived from there.

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3. Malpractice:

Inasmuch as laziness has spread itself among students, the rate of failure will always increase. Examination in Nigeria today has hardly ever been devoid of malpractice. In your Post UTME screening exam, you must runway from malpractice because you will be caught. Most universities have adopted the Computer Based Test(CBT) to conduct their screening exercise; this in other to catch and ameliorate any act of malpractice.

4. Lack of Time Management: 

One of the key to successfully pass any exam is time management; applicants most times fail Post UTME because they lack it. You must go into any exam aware of the scheduled time and a wristwatch at hand. This will help in keeping knowledge of the time used on each question. Applicants complain after their exams when they could not answer all the questions because of lack of time management.

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5. No Knowledge Of The Computer:

As said earlier, universities have adopted CBT has a mode of conducting Post UTME screening exercise. However, most applicants fail because they have no prior knowledge of the computer. Even the process of controlling cursor is very difficult for some, therefore out of this fear they write nothing.

6. Lateness To Examination Centre:

This problem affects most students greatly; a student who lives in Lagos but whose Post-UTME centre is in Ibadan left Lagos on examination date is already a failure. You must be in the examination centre at least an hour before it commences. This will relax your nerves are gives you time to familiarise yourself with the process.

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7. Misinformation:

They are many educational blogs out there that share wrong information to students; failure increases as a result of misinformed Post UTME registration, dates, print out etc. However, we are committed to sharing the latest and correct updates about your choice of institutions and education generally. Therefore, you should follow this blog for the latest news about your school to avoid any misinformation.

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