Obtain 10 Distinctions In WAEC, NECO, WASCE In These 10 Steps

Obtaining 10 distinctions at one sitting in your West African Examinations Council (WAEC), West African School Certificate Examination (WASCE) or the National Examinations Council (NECO) is very possible.

Afterall, many candidates have done so, following tested principles of study which we are about to share here, so why not you?

The question is how did they do it? And would you be ready to pay the small price?

That is actually the whole essence of the article you are already reading: how to obtain 10 Distinctions in WAEC, NECO, WASCE, or any other competitive examination.

Below are the trusted steps:

1. This Is Where It Starts

Do you know where everything starts? In your mind. Once your mind can conceive it, then it is achievable. Agree in your mind that

-I want to obtain 10 Distinctions in WAEC, NECO or WASCE at a sitting.

-I will give whatever are necessary to getting those excellent grades

Say and believe it and you are one step away from grabbing your 10As.

Some people call it mind renewal, especially if, all these while, they had seen it as impossible

2. Get All The Essential Materials

This begins with picking the syllabus of the examination in question. Almost every examination you would sit for, would have a prescribed syllabus. The syllabus states, the philosophy, topics to be covered and even the expectations of the examiners.

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After the syllabus, go for other reference materials, prescribed texts and workbooks needed for that particular examination. In fact, some candidates devote an entire year to devoted preparing for each examination, and you can be sure their 10 straight As are guaranteed.

Note: Essential Materials are usually tagged: recommended “which is different from “required “. The latter is about general ideas, but the former digs into the heart of the matter.

An organised groups reading bay very essential for assimilation: Image courtesy of Vecteezy

3.Draw Up A Time Table/Reading Schedule

You can’t leave things to chance if your target is to obtain 10 Distinctions in WAEC, NECO or WASCE at a sitting. One way is to arm yourself with a structured reading schedule or time table.

In fact, it should not end at having a time table showing which subject to study as per the day; break down the total time available for the study to accommodate the following

-scheming time

-reading to understand

-recap (highlights)

– Personal drill or tests

This is focused study and accommodates technicalities you need to cover. Accommodate in your schedule, a time to revisit knotty topics. This is better than waiting for the next cycle of study as per the time table, within which certain salient problems would have been forgotten.

4. Be in Class Early, Take Notes

No one should aspire to excellent grades or who desires to obtain 10 Distinctions in WAEC, NECO or WASCE at a sitting who is a truant or latecomer.

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A topic or entire lecture day, skipped could translate to too much, especially for expansive topics or average ones that have technicalities.

The second part of the subtopic is that you need to take notes, even if you had been given notes or handouts.

The teacher could provide additional insight or illustrations in class which were never part of his prepared notes. That additional information could be the leeway to your much desired excellent grades. Have a corner for new words, or vocabulary generally.

The ability to understand questions sometimes is determined by the quantum of vocabulary available to you.

5. Stay Disciplined With Your Study Schedule

This partly implies that you must be in control of your time. It might be difficult to follow a study schedule if you cannot control your time, if for example you live with parents or guardians and have assigned tasks as a routine.

You need their buy-in from the outset. The point is: be consistent with your study schedule.

6. Join A Study Group

So much can be gained participating in a study group, but please make sure it is a study group of serious and disciplined scholars, not a chart forum.

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That’s where to get the peer mechanism of study at its best. Members are usually availed of different perspectives of a single subject matter.

Each member is later called upon to present a topic or subject as a matter of rule, teach others and also invite contributions and questions. It has a way of guaranteeing commitment and seriousness.

It is also helpful in situations where learners find it difficult assimilating a particular topic as handled by the class teacher or a text book.

7. Recreate To Refresh Your Brain & Body

Do not use your entire day and entire week brooding over books, but create time to unwind and refresh your brain. You cannot use about 8 straight hours in school for example, listening to lectures, taking down notes and attempting assignments only to continue the same routine upon getting home .

Give time to rest your brain, take shower, lie down a little until you feel your whole body refreshed and your energy reinvigorated. Sometimes, participate in physical exercises that come with therapeutic benefits. By the time you return to your study, you are ready mentally, physically, emotionally to read, and assimilate.

8. Undertake A Mock Test

This should come after you have run through the scheme of work either as an individual learner in class, or member of a study group. Be deliberate to hand the moderation to an external and better person. Your personal tests and drills help to compliment whatever is tested in school or within the study group. Conscientiously done, it enables you to exhaust the syllabus.

9. Commit The Exam To Prayer

Having done all that you have to do, the only other thing is to commit the exam to prayer.

– You should have covenanted with God that your aspiration is 10 straight As or distinction in the exam. God Himself loves progress, good things. He had said that nothing shall be impossible to the man who believes.

Pray for the Holy Spirit to help guide you as your study

-Pray to Him to help you retain all the essentials of your study, and for the state of mind to recall it succinctly at exam time.

-pray that your health will not fail you

– pray for fair officiating, in favour in marking and release of the result.

Good luck