How to Study Past Questions Effectively: The Secret to Smashing WAEC & JAMB (2026) Let’s be honest for a second. Almost every student in Nigeria buys a past question (PQ) series. Whether it’s for WAEC, NECO, or JAMB, that booklet is usually the first thing you pay for after registration. But here is the confusing…
Is the Pomodoro Technique Effective for Studying? (The Truth for Nigerian Students) Ever sat down to read for JAMB or your semester exams, but after ten minutes, you find yourself pressing your phone? We’ve all been there. You plan to read for four hours straight. You have your Lantern textbook or your handouts ready. But…
Active Recall vs Spaced Repetition Ever read a textbook page five times, only to close the book and realize you can’t remember a single thing? It’s frustrating. I used to be there. Back in school, I thought studying meant highlighting my notes until the page looked like a coloring book. I would read for hours,…
What Are the Best Free Note Taking Apps for Android? (Top 5 for Nigerian Students) Imagine this: You are in a crowded lecture hall. The lecturer is speeding through the topic like they have a flight to catch. Suddenly, your pen runs out of ink, or worse, you realize you left your “big note” back…
What is Negative Marking in Nigerian Universities? (And How to Beat It) You walk out of the exam hall feeling like a boss. You attempted all 50 questions. Even the ones you didn’t know? You guessed them. You’re calculating your score in your head: “At worst, I’ll get 30/50.” Then the results come out. You…
Last Minute Study Tips for Exams That Actually Works It’s 10:00 PM. The exam is tomorrow morning. Your palms are sweating, and you’re staring at a textbook that looks like it’s written in Greek. We’ve all been there. Maybe NEPA took the light when you planned to study, or maybe you just procrastinated until the…
Is Chunking More Effective Than Rote Memorization? (The Secret to Passing WAEC & JAMB) Ever stared at your Chemistry textbook for three hours, convinced you’ve memorized everything, only to forget half of it the moment you step into the exam hall? It’s a painful feeling. We’ve all been there. You read, you repeat, you pray….
9 Memorization Tips for Studying That Actually Work (Stop Cramming) Ever spent five hours reading for a Biology test, only to enter the exam hall and have your brain go completely blank? It’s painful. You stare at the paper, sweating under the ceiling fan, knowing you just read the answer last night. But it’s gone….
What’s the Best Time of Day to Study for Students? (Morning vs. Night Truth) Ever stared at your textbook at 2 PM, sweating profusely because NEPA took the light, and realized you haven’t understood a single word after thirty minutes? It happens to the best of us. One of the biggest arguments I hear in…
What is the Best Way to Study for IGCSE? A Practical Guide for Nigerian Students Let’s be honest for a second. Preparing for IGCSEs can feel completely different from preparing for the Junior WAEC (BECE) or even internal school exams. The questions are trickier. The marking schemes are strict. And sometimes, it feels like they…